I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have thought, expressed my feelings, and downright argued over this topic over the past 20 years. I feel it began in the late 80s. I remember speaking to my undergrad student adviser – I wise old gentleman set in his ways. I was walking down the hallway when I saw him standing outside his freshman government class. I stopped and as we caught up on what one another were doing, he told me how “today’s incoming students” (circa 1988-89) were the laziest, most spoiled brats he had ever come across. He retired 2 or 3 years later.
I know there are excellent – no, superior – students/young adults out there. My only hope is that THEY are tomorrows leaders, no matter the size of the minority they are in. The rest of them can pump whatever fuel we’ll be using in the future.
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