RE: Throwback Thursdays | My Student Wanted To Sue Me For This Reason

[karinzdailygrind]

I personally feel more than just the education system, it is also the change of the current generation's mindset. The feeling of entitlement is rather strong among the millennials, which is why they often felt they deserved more than what they are getting without taking a step back to reflect if they truly deserved the grades. And that just makes the job as an educator a lot tougher, not to mention the yo-yo policy by the Education Ministry

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[pbock]

This reminds me of this post by WaitButWhy on the extreme differences in expectations some of these/us young people see.

Basically, they have an unrealistic view of what they "deserve", and were never informed of the amount of work they'd really have to put in to get there.

I had a tiny period...maybe a year or so, where I also felt like the world was completely unfair and everyone should just give me everything.

Luckily that coincided more or less with my year in Australia and learning that if I didn't put in some work instead of whining, I'd never get anywhere XD

I'll always tell people that I was an insufferable jerk (at least on the inside given I was pretty asocial at the time) and would have continued being like that had I not accepted my dad's "gift" of a 1 year trip and working visa in Australia XD

[deborism]

I hope everybody including the students will have that "moment of enlightenment" like you did. Thanks for your honest words and appreciate it @pbock. Be good and keep steemin' towards success :) you're all good ...

[deborism]

You're so right @karinzdailygrind and i couldn't agree more, especially this phrase:

...more than just the education system, it is also the change of the current generation's mindset. The feeling of entitlement is rather strong among the millennials, which is why they often felt they deserved more than what they are getting without taking a step back to reflect if they truly deserved the grades.

guess it starts with their upbringing and the most basic unit of society- family. In the Japanese culture, if you fail as an individual the whole family fails with you. Even though our reality is not as morbid as theirs, it still says a lot about one's culture, respect, and quality upbringing. Like I always said, "People love the Japanese and their culture, but nobody really wanna be a perfect and respectful as them. They just love the results not the process ...."