08-19-2015, 01:24 PM
(08-19-2015, 10:50 AM)Bmoreblitz Wrote: I agree.....and the biggest thing I tend to observe with the generation of "everyone gets a trophy" is the inability to adjust to failure and a sense of entitlement. It has caused many of them as young adults difficulty in being able to adjust to stressful situations.
My case in point being the more recent younger Soldiers I've came across. There are a lot more that cannot adjust.
I agree. My girlfriend is a teacher, I am in the Navy. Her administration is so afraid of frivolous lawsuits that they are barely allowed to provide honest feedback to students. You can't call a kid out for spending all period goofing off in the bathroom because they might be embarrassed (they should be!). They can't take a kid's phone when they're playing on it in class (if it breaks, the parents will blame us!). You can't set any sort of behavioral standard because then you're stifling their individuality. Then from this sterile world, they're supposed to flip a switch, immediately develop a work ethic, and be expected to earn what they get?
I currently work in a training command, and I see college grads fail on a weekly basis. Intuitive, brilliant people who never had to work for anything are suddenly struggling just to keep up. That's what happens when the real world comes crashing down all of a sudden. A passing grade you don't deserve here, a trophy you didn't earn there, it's easy to develop an entitlement complex. And the first time someone is honest with you and tells you you weren't good enough, it's heartbreaking. We've figured out not to feed bears, lest they become dependent. Why do we insist on sheltering our own kind so much?
Those who go from her world to mine experience a culture shock like you wouldn't believe, and it wasn't always that way.
