November 13, 200817 yr Today's American high school students are far likelier than those in the 1970s to believe they'll make outstanding spouses, parents and workers, new research shows. They're also much more likely to claim they are "A" students with high IQs -- even though other research shows that today's students do less homework than their counterparts did in the 1970s. The findings, published in the November issue of Psychological Science, support the idea that the "self-esteem" movement popular among today's parents and teachers may have gone too far, the study's co-author said. "What this shows is that confidence has crossed over into overconfidence," said Jean Twenge, an associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University. She believes that decades of relentless, uncritical boosterism by parents and school systems may be producing a generation of kids with expectations that are out of sync with the challenges of the real world. "High school students' responses have crossed over into a really unrealistic realm, with three-fourths of them expecting performance that's effectively in the top 20 percent," Twenge said.[/Quote]Link I agree that most of these kids are not going to cope well with the real world. You?
November 13, 200817 yr Talk to your average teenage boy today and.....you'll want to hit him with something! I agree. Everyone is the best everything now when they are teenagers. Don't believe me? Just ask them!
November 13, 200817 yr Author Talk to your average teenage boy today and.....you'll want to hit him with something! I agree. Everyone is the best everything now when they are teenagers. Don't believe me? Just ask them! Ain't that the truth! :lol:
November 13, 200817 yr Come on now guys. I know that that is NOT the truth. I'm a teenager I would know.
November 13, 200817 yr In other news, the average middle-ager is convinced they are more intelligent and harder working than the rest of humanity.
November 13, 200817 yr In other news, the average middle-ager is convinced they are more intelligent and harder working than the rest of humanity. :lol: A guy I worked with once asked me why I only worked evenings. I told him it was because I went to school during the day. He promptly said something about my generation not wanting to work hard. I found it funny that he thought less of me based on the fact that I attended college.
November 14, 200817 yr Author In other news, the average middle-ager is convinced they are more intelligent and harder working than the rest of humanity.Laugh if off if you will, but the professor has a very valid point.
November 14, 200817 yr Author :lol: A guy I worked with once asked me why I only worked evenings. I told him it was because I went to school during the day. He promptly said something about my generation not wanting to work hard. I found it funny that he thought less of me based on the fact that I attended college. You think your generation is the only one to work and attend college?
November 14, 200817 yr Every generation feels like the generation following them doesn't have any respect for its elders, cares nothing for the hard work and dedication that got civilization to where it is and will be the ruination of society. Well, we're still here. The flower generation grew up and the economy ran amok in the 1980s. Generation X grew up and pioneered advanced computing and the internet. Who knows what we Millenials might end up doing? Drugs no doubt.
November 14, 200817 yr You think your generation is the only one to work and attend college? :lol: No, not at all. This was the type of guy that thought I wouldn't be or didn't want to be a hard worker based on the fact that I was going to college.
November 14, 200817 yr Author :lol: No, not at all. This was the type of guy that thought I wouldn't be or didn't want to be a hard worker based on the fact that I was going to college. I don't understand his thinking at all. :creepy:
November 14, 200817 yr I noticed this when I was working in a grade school after KERA was passed. They hang alot of the kids work in the hall to display. Alot of the spelling was incorrect, yet it was still on display like it was something to be proud of. How hard would it be for the teachers to correct the work with the kids before putting it on display?
November 14, 200817 yr I noticed this when I was working in a grade school after KERA was passed. They hang alot of the kids work in the hall to display. Alot of the spelling was incorrect, yet it was still on display like it was something to be proud of. How hard would it be for the teachers to correct the work with the kids before putting it on display? The idea was that it was their work, they had ownership. It was their effort that they were to be proud of, correct spelling was secondary.
November 14, 200817 yr Exactly my point. If the teacher works with them to correct it, it's still their work.
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