It's been a long week

[wintermute84]

They say that you shouldn't attempt to change that which cannot be changed. Makes enough sense, right? Unfortunately, I've found in my two years as a teacher that you're often asked to change that which cannot be, or is unwilling to be, changed

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[glitterkid]

It's sad that the behavior commonly seen in High School students isn't something that's being 'grown out of' like it used to be, that now it's something they carry over into college. But then from what I've heard this attitude of entitlement and persistence of immaturity on a negative scale is extending to their work ethic after college as well.

[wintermute84]

I'm not sure how my university compares to others--or even to private ones--but I do know that most of my students are the products of public high schools, particularly local public high schools. Do you think it's the way high schools are run? Or does it start earlier? Something about the culture itself?

Very, very bothersome. I've heard murmurings and grumblings from instructors and lower level administrators about how this university is "changing" and its all very frightening. I'm hoping to secure a place in a better institution soon. Definitely at that point where I have to commit to finish out the full doctorate or get out...

[glitterkid]

My observations so far have me assuming that it starts much MUCH earlier in the lives of these children. Parents don't know how to discipline their children and tend to just hand them everything. They cry and they get what they want. I heard that now that individuals born anywhere from the late 1980's to the 1990's are coming/have come into the work place, employers are now being told that they need to treat these kids more like they're a coach than a boss, effectively condoning their selfish behavior. I see it in the kids I write insurance for. their parents have to do everything for them and many of them have 4 or 5 accidents yet their parents still buy them newer cars and they never learn their lessons