i agreed with him when he stated that teachers baby us and we get too much attention. Whenever we play a sport, run a race, play a game - we get a reward regardless of our performance. At the Abington Invitational, they give us ribbons that everyone gets. it's the dumbest thing ever. most of them end up in the garbage before the end of the day.
i disagree with the IMing point because with IMs, we do not have to be gramatically correct. we can decipher what our friend is saying by reading it. not capitalizing my sentences, like in this blog is not a crime. it is my blog and the people reading it can read what it says just fine. it still gets the point across.
I agree with the alternative article in that he stated it is not the fault of the children or students of today, but the adults who administer the education and attitude - teachers and parents. Parents baby us and teachers reward us for doing what is expected of us. Back in the '60s, according to my dad, his parents did not praise their children every minute. They praised them or congratulated them when they did something great. I think parents baby children today because they got the opposite treatment when they were kids, and they want to show their kids love.
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I really agree with the fact that the teachers baby us too much. I mean the whole "Everyone is special!" is a horrible approach because the harsh reality is that not everyone is special and not everyone will succeed in life. I also agree with your statement that ultimately the responsibility falls on the adults who raise us and teach us.
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