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Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:00 am to momentoftruth87
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:00 am to momentoftruth87
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Adopted her years ago in Branson. She was thrown out the back of a truck.
My elderly cat (I've had her for 17 years this month and she was at least a year or two old when I got her so she's ancient) was abandoned by her previous owners when they moved. People who treat their pets like that are the scum of the Earth.
As for modern day college students... its not that they are opinionated and egotistical little turds, I am sure we all were when we were that age, its that they can't handle someone having a different opinion then they do. Whether they be liberals or conservatives they take it as a personal attack if you hold a viewpoint that does not march in lockstep with theirs.
From what I remember back when I was that age we were a lot more willing to accept other people's point of view. We might have disagreed with them, but we didn't treat it as the end of the world.
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Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:09 am to Arksulli
I know this is a small sample example, but I have one girl who challenges everything in a class. One thing she challenged is a hot topic - Colin Kaepernick. She defended him to where she was getting mad and blaming everything else that challenged him. Speaking examples that didn't make sense and it showed The next week in class, she didn't even know where Silicon Valley , CA was. The whole class just sits there now and won't participate when she chimes in.
It's very hard to sit there and listen to arguments when it is all bias from their small world - and they are know it all's. It's important to them, but only what they intake from fragmented media. I'm down to listen to others and learn, but its very hard to put up with shite in a classroom tbh.
Times are also different and I understand that. In the Marine Corps one of the sentences from the NCO Creed is; Dedicated to training new Marines, and influencing the old. It's hard to be influenced when someone doesn't respect your beliefs. It also does not create that change. I'm interested in learning very much so, but very hard to do in the situations I've been in.
It's very hard to sit there and listen to arguments when it is all bias from their small world - and they are know it all's. It's important to them, but only what they intake from fragmented media. I'm down to listen to others and learn, but its very hard to put up with shite in a classroom tbh.
Times are also different and I understand that. In the Marine Corps one of the sentences from the NCO Creed is; Dedicated to training new Marines, and influencing the old. It's hard to be influenced when someone doesn't respect your beliefs. It also does not create that change. I'm interested in learning very much so, but very hard to do in the situations I've been in.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:13 am to Arksulli
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From what I remember back when I was that age we were a lot more willing to accept other people's point of view. We might have disagreed with them, but we didn't treat it as the end of the world.
you are correct.
Mostly because you had lots of experience not getting your way all the time as a child.
Example:
1970's - TV was widely watched but most homes did not have more than 1 or 2 TV's maximum. There was no way to record shows and no internet to watch them. If the TV's were occupied by adults or if you were busy - you just MISSED your show and never got to see it. You were not happy about it but you got over it quickly and life went on.
2000's and up - Every home has 3-4 TV's. Shows are copied and you can buy them. (VCR or CD). You can watch youtube, DVR, netflix, etc. Now every person gets accustomed to watching ng what they want to watch and to do it WHEN they want to do it.
There are countless examples of this but what it creates is a person who thinks they DESERVE it their way. When they get denied, here comes the tantrum. We (older adults) did not throw a tantrum because it would not have done any good. The show was not coming back on TV again.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 4:45 pm to momentoftruth87
After school snack was so good today!
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