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re: Do kids have less motivation these days?
Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:51 am to BurningHeart
Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:51 am to BurningHeart
Im sure social media and porn have rewired brains, but a “work to live” attitude is probably better than the opposite.
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Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:51 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Our entire society is a house of cards manipulated by a few with power and money at the top of the food chain
America has been that way since the mid 1800s. Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, JP Morgan, Dupont, etc. America was the best nation to live in then and it is now to build your own fortune. They had vision and determination to build their fortunes. Most all were big risk takers.
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Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:52 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Sure that too
Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:53 am to whoa
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They all want to be influencers, as if that’s some real, sustainable career.
If everyone in America was on OnlyFans and we all paid each other for nudes couldn't we all go about our lives without having jobs and just be happy?
Posted on 12/10/24 at 9:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
The great OT conundrum of our times.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:01 am to philly444
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I think they feel like they are being priced out of typical things like owning a house and starting a family. So they don’t want to keep going to a job that they don’t like if it still won’t help them afford typical things like mentioned above.
damn selfish kids these days want a job that will allow them to buy a house and start a family.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:05 am to JohnnyKilroy
The older generation always says this about the younger generation. The difference now is Covid really jacked up a bunch of kids who were able to get by with doing very very very little.
Then society told them any time their feelings got hurt they should be offended and it's the other person's fault. I think we need propaganda that spreads the ideas of being healthy and working hard. Everything will reset and work ethic will come back, but it's up to parents to teach their kids to work. I understand the idea of "it's just a job", but it's your job. You should take pride in doing things correctly. I've seen great janitors and shitty ones, I've seen great doctors and shitty ones, and I've seen great teachers and shitty ones. It's all about attitude and what you put into the job.
I'm also not a fan of working to death than retiring to travel and see the world. So many families I know had parents who as soon as they retired got sick.
Then society told them any time their feelings got hurt they should be offended and it's the other person's fault. I think we need propaganda that spreads the ideas of being healthy and working hard. Everything will reset and work ethic will come back, but it's up to parents to teach their kids to work. I understand the idea of "it's just a job", but it's your job. You should take pride in doing things correctly. I've seen great janitors and shitty ones, I've seen great doctors and shitty ones, and I've seen great teachers and shitty ones. It's all about attitude and what you put into the job.
I'm also not a fan of working to death than retiring to travel and see the world. So many families I know had parents who as soon as they retired got sick.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:06 am to RedlandsTiger
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America has been that way since the mid 1800s. Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, JP Morgan, Dupont, etc. America was the best nation to live in then
America was a lovely place to live in during the mid 1800. Everyone saw eye to eye, nothing splitting the country apart and the rich weren't exploiting labor
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:07 am to BurningHeart
I work with a lot of young adults who are just out of high school. A lot of students are just the way the rest of us were at that age: motivated, social, trying to figure things out but have goals for themselves.
I have noticed there is a small, but noticeable, portion of students who need an extremely high amount of hand holding and who, socially, seem to just not be where some of their peers are. And I wonder if these students' issues trace back to the pandemic, "Zoom school" where any accommodation was happily fulfilled (for the most part) and where some students made got too comfortable being by themselves on social media.
So, I don't want to say it's everyone or even the majority of kids these days. But there's that saying where 10-20% of your students take up 80-90% of your time and it certainly feels that way to me in academia currently. 10-20% of students just seem lost and needing large-scale support beyond what I can give them.
I have noticed there is a small, but noticeable, portion of students who need an extremely high amount of hand holding and who, socially, seem to just not be where some of their peers are. And I wonder if these students' issues trace back to the pandemic, "Zoom school" where any accommodation was happily fulfilled (for the most part) and where some students made got too comfortable being by themselves on social media.
So, I don't want to say it's everyone or even the majority of kids these days. But there's that saying where 10-20% of your students take up 80-90% of your time and it certainly feels that way to me in academia currently. 10-20% of students just seem lost and needing large-scale support beyond what I can give them.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:08 am to BurningHeart
Completely depends on the kid and parents who raised them.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:09 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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t does seem that way, and of course some kids are taking it too far, but I don’t necessarily think not wanting to be a corporate slave and being less materialistic is a bad thing overall
Corporate slaves built this country.
I'm still one....
This post was edited on 12/10/24 at 10:09 am
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:10 am to SteveLSU35
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I'm also not a fan of working to death than retiring to travel and see the world
Same
I work to live, though have to be somewhat stimulated in my job.
Not a person who things more is always better.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:12 am to Gaston
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IDK, I just wanted to drink and party (one of the big reasons I went to LSU for 8 years), but my son has his shite together. Granted, he’s a complete dumbass who couldn’t put a Lego set together…but still.
Great work ethic can take him far.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:14 am to BurningHeart
That's what coddling does
Gen X's biggest blemish when it's all said and done will be their buying into 'Gentle Parenting'
Gen X's biggest blemish when it's all said and done will be their buying into 'Gentle Parenting'
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:17 am to whoa
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They all want to be influencers, as if that’s some real, sustainable career.
I’m friends with a couple influencers (one is 25 and the other around 20). Likely not sustainable, but they’ve made a living at it for years now.
But I’ve met others who have that goal and are downright delusional about it.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:20 am to jizzle6609
It’s hard to know if he’s just naturally talented, or if it’s a byproduct of many years of hard work and timely training. When everyone else gets nervous he settles in, maybe because he’s confident…maybe because he’s a bit on the spectrum. Hope it all works out for him, but damn he sets his goals so damn high it makes me nervous.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:21 am to BurningHeart
There is zero desire by the younger generation to grind it out in a stable career for 30+ years.
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:22 am to Gaston
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It’s hard to know if he’s just naturally talented, or if it’s a byproduct of many years of hard work and timely training. When everyone else gets nervous he settles in, maybe because he’s confident…maybe because he’s a bit on the spectrum. Hope it all works out for him, but damn he sets his goals so damn high it makes me nervous
What is he trying to do?
Posted on 12/10/24 at 10:22 am to i am dan
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Corporate slaves built this country.
I'm still one....
In your opinion, when was this country built? Because I know a whole bunch of baws who would hard disagree with you
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