Memorial Day Weekend

[TCC]

Well said Rander7823. All of the freedoms that we enjoy today are a gift from generations of heroes, great and small, who came before us. Memorial Day is all about remembering those people, appreciating their gift, and hopefully ... for a few anyway ... recommitting to the selfless spirit that once made our nation great.

[ApS]

Some Memorial Day photos make my computer screen all blurry.

Originally Posted by TCC

Well said Rander7823. All of the freedoms that we enjoy today are a gift from generations of heroes, great and small, who came before us. Memorial Day is all about remembering those people, appreciating their gift, and hopefully ... for a few anyway ... recommitting to the selfless spirit that once made our nation great.

Some great things can't be understood by all.



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[Acrossamerica]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Don't people get tired of bashing the "younger generation?!" As a high school teacher, I see these kids firsthand and, with few exceptions, they're great. Any issues people have with them--respect, manners, etc.--should be directed at their parents because the kids love to know stuff, and that includes how to act and what to appreciate.

I type this after taking a group of students to NYC a few weeks ago and teaching them why we don't wear hats in restaurants--most of their parents do--and the difference in dress between casual, business casual, and formal, etc. etc. which, clearly, their parents hadn't.

That being said, many of my students volunteer on town committees and event planning boards which include, of course, the Memorial Day events that took place yesterday in the town I teach in.

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Hopefully you are correct for it seems that the group now in college will be called the "snowflake generation" as they need "safe spaces" to protect them from speech they do not like and everything is a micro aggression. This is of course the result of the helicopter parent and society in general who gets yelled at if they dare state an opinion that goes against the "feel good" crowd.

[noreast]

Originally Posted by Acrossamerica

Hopefully you are correct for it seems that the group now in college will be called the "snowflake generation" as they need "safe spaces" to protect them from speech they do not like and everything is a micro aggression. This is of course the result of the helicopter parent and society in general who gets yelled at if they dare state an opinion that goes against the "feel good" crowd.

I blame the pin headed, theoretical education system the universities have transformed into more than I do the students. The weak or followers will use any excuse given. It's up to the leaders to set the tone. Bill Parcells said give the team an excuse to lose and they'll take it every time. You said it, helicopter parenting, Again, Who's fault is that?

[noreast]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Don't people get tired of bashing the "younger generation?!" As a high school teacher, I see these kids firsthand and, with few exceptions, they're great. Any issues people have with them--respect, manners, etc.--should be directed at their parents because the kids love to know stuff, and that includes how to act and what to appreciate.

I type this after taking a group of students to NYC a few weeks ago and teaching them why we don't wear hats in restaurants--most of their parents do--and the difference in dress between casual, business casual, and formal, etc. etc. which, clearly, their parents hadn't.

That being said, many of my students volunteer on town committees and event planning boards which include, of course, the Memorial Day events that took place yesterday in the town I teach in.

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I agree 100%, I'm so sick of the attacks on this generation. It comes from ignorance, like most judgements of others. Every generation has taken crap from the one's before them. It's not all Kardashians and far left cry baby's. Many I know work there asses off at work, school or both. I think the country will be in far better hands than it is now. Bye the way, They've been fighting war longer then the previous generations have. Give them a chance to change the world where others have all ready failed.