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I think we already know the answer to this question. :(Assuming that nothing changes, it will certainly be interesting to see how people of my and earlier generations are viewed by the great grand kids on this issue.
I think we already know the answer to this question. :(Assuming that nothing changes, it will certainly be interesting to see how people of my and earlier generations are viewed by the great grand kids on this issue.
Not a bit. But a youthful didact is only barely more compelling than an adult one.Kid ain't wrong.
I think we know "poorly." But we view people who thought the Earth was flat one way, and people who created and maintained a slave trade quite another. I'm interested to see which direction this goes.I think we already know the answer to this question. :(
Plentiful, free, online pron.I mean, what's our big contribution? We got McDonald's to stop using styrofoam for burgers and switch to wax paper? We added corn squeezin' to gas?
So bad and yet three in the echo chamber liked your post.Exactly. A real leader would indefinitely separate her from her family and lock her in a cage so crowded with minors there wouldn’t be room to lay down and sleep.
I think they still use beef.I mean, what's our big contribution? We got McDonald's to stop using styrofoam for burgers and switch to wax paper?
How about we treat everyone with respect? Adult or child - just respect.If she wants to step into the political arena with the grown ups, especially on as large a platform as she currently has, she should expect no less than to be treated like an adult.
OK. Let's start with our President.How about we treat everyone with respect? Adult or child - just respect.
That the best you got?16 year olds don't act like that. Give her an Oscar.
I don't think I have seen him treat anyone with respect. Maybe we should start elsewhere.OK. Let's start with our President.
I agree, whom do you think can convince him?OK. Let's start with our President.
1/10I don't think I have seen him treat anyone with respect. Maybe we should start elsewhere.
Because his post was spot on...So bad and yet three in the echo chamber liked your post.
Yes they do...13 and 14 year olds do as well and Ive seen it.16 year olds don't act like that. Give her an Oscar.
Sure...if you can get him to start that would be great.OK. Let's start with our President.
Only murderous dictators. To hell with everyone else.I don't think I have seen him treat anyone with respect. Maybe we should start elsewhere.
Par for the course, sho. I see passion every day in 14-18 year olds but they have been beat down time and time again by older people. I try to spread as much hope as possible but, again, they get beat down and fall into a system they have been told they are a part of. There is hope for the future but the game that has been set up is demoralizing. But, there are people that don't care what "kids" think about and are told to "fall in line." Adults are a cruel people.Yes they do...13 and 14 year olds do as well and Ive seen it.
Interesting. I don't doubt what you've seen there but that's a bummer you see it that way.Par for the course, sho. I see passion every day in 14-18 year olds but they have been beat down time and time again by older people. I try to spread as much hope as possible but, again, they get beat down and fall into a system they have been told they are a part of. There is hope for the future but the game that has been set up is demoralizing. But, there are people that don't care what "kids" think about and are told to "fall in line." Adults are a cruel people.
Leaders lead right?OK. Let's start with our President.
Tomorrow, I may see >500 kids walking the halls to get to their classes and I could pull 99% of them to the side and ask them where they see themselves in 10 years. The overall response, paraphrased, I would receive is something like, "I don't know. I'm going to be a rap star, basketball player, drug dealer, or dead." I can encourage kids each day, and I do, and other teachers do as well, but the kids I know have been shown a world that you, Joe, and others, are oblivious to. And, that's okay, I don't fault you or others for that, however, the fault comes in when you, and others, fail to recognize the difficulties that today's youth or the challenges they have are not what we see in the media.Interesting. I don't doubt what you've seen there but that's a bummer you see it that way.
I feel like I see the opposite. I see young people, especially 14-18 year olds being encouraged more than ever to explore and be who they want to be. Maybe it's just my experience but I don't see at all what you're describing. I don't see cruelty in adults. By and large I see them encouraging young people to be who they want. Often in non traditional type things.
I was replying to what you said about adults beating down kids dreams.Tomorrow, I may see >500 kids walking the halls to get to their classes and I could pull 99% of them to the side and ask them where they see themselves in 10 years. The overall response, paraphrased, I would receive is something like, "I don't know. I'm going to be a rap star, basketball player, drug dealer, or dead." I can encourage kids each day, and I do, and other teachers do as well, but the kids I know have been shown a world that you, Joe, and others, are oblivious to. And, that's okay, I don't fault you or others for that, however, the fault comes in when you, and others, fail to recognize the difficulties that today's youth or the challenges they have are not what we see in the media.
It is what it is but let's not sugar coat or set aside difficulties today's kids are facing by telling ourselves they should, "just get over it." Our future is bright but for many, it's dim.
If you want to shift to the challenges young people face, that's for sure a different and a valuable conversation. I try to recognize difficulties young people face. I absolutely understand the economic privilege many of the young people I'm around have. And I'm not sugar coating difficulties or telling kids to "get over it".Par for the course, sho. I see passion every day in 14-18 year olds but they have been beat down time and time again by older people. I try to spread as much hope as possible but, again, they get beat down and fall into a system they have been told they are a part of. There is hope for the future but the game that has been set up is demoralizing. But, there are people that don't care what "kids" think about and are told to "fall in line." Adults are a cruel people.
It's not the grown ups I take issue with. It's the people who are threatening her and who are mocking her that I take issue with. The last description of those people I'd use is "grown up".....they are anything butIf she wants to step into the political arena with the grown ups, especially on as large a platform as she currently has, she should expect no less than to be treated like an adult.
You probably do Joe...this is systemic and depending on where you're at in the system you're going to see different things. Click on the link above that takes you to a few minutes of her remarks, then scroll through twitter responses and tell me you don't see the same thing MK sees.Interesting. I don't doubt what you've seen there but that's a bummer you see it that way.
I feel like I see the opposite. I see young people, especially 14-18 year olds being encouraged more than ever to explore and be who they want to be. Maybe it's just my experience but I don't see at all what you're describing. I don't see cruelty in adults. By and large I see them encouraging young people to be who they want. Often in non traditional type things.
I think you are dead wrong about this. The younger generation recognizes what a crisis this is. Saying you have bills to pay and therefore will reject the reality of what many consider the biggest existential crisis we have faced is exactly the bs she was talking about in that speech.Many youth feel like her. But not many will when they get to their 20s and have bills, mortgages, children, taxes and life’s realities staring them in the face.
Then for the vast majority of youth crusaders it will be about ME, and my standard of life, and my current problems,
And just like generations before them, the environment will become an afterthought that a future generation can deal with.
They, like us, are human.
My previous comments were not towards you, Joe, but the proverbial "you." So, I hope there was zero offense when you read the reply.I was replying to what you said about adults beating down kids dreams.
If you want to shift to the challenges young people face, that's for sure a different and a valuable conversation. I try to recognize difficulties young people face. I absolutely understand the economic privilege many of the young people I'm around have. And I'm not sugar coating difficulties or telling kids to "get over it".
I'm saying I see lots of adults encouraging kids to be who they can be.
Oh for sure. I've no interest in twitter comments to political topics. It's a toxic environment that feels beyond help.You probably do Joe...this is systemic and depending on where you're at in the system you're going to see different things. Click on the link above that takes you to a few minutes of her remarks, then scroll through twitter responses and tell me you don't see the same thing MK sees.
Thanks. For sure, no offense taken.My previous comments were not towards you, Joe, but the proverbial "you." So, I hope there was zero offense when you read the reply.
As to the adults beating down kids dreams... I see that all around me each day. From conversations with kids about their dreams, what they like, what they don't like, why things are important, so on and so on. The "beat down" comes from society with the notion of "know your place." Just above, a comment, from a presumed adult, said, "16 year olds don't act like that."
It's sad but pertinent but I asked a small group of kids last week if what they see on the news, is what they believe African Americans act like. All of the kids (14-15) believed that African Americans behave like the murderers, thieves, and so on that they have seen on the news their whole lives. My students see their dreams halted by what they see around them, what they hear at night, how the houses look where they live, other things in the media, music, parents, neighbors, comments.
There is hope, there is a bright future, but many people, above you and me, will continue to do their damnedest to keep it the way it is. And, there are many people who are the underlings that will comply and continue to do so. Our future is not bleak, but many want it to be for those who do not look like them.
I agree with what you said. Today they recognize what a crisis this is. This point alone doesn’t disagree with my post.I think you are dead wrong about this. The younger generation recognizes what a crisis this is. Saying you have bills to pay and therefore will reject the reality of what many consider the biggest existential crisis we have faced is exactly the bs she was talking about in that speech.
A whole lot of this NOT going on in here and in the world.I agree with what you said. Today they recognize what a crisis this is. This point alone doesn’t disagree with my post.
I believe teens today will be unwilling to reduce their standard of life to deal with this issue once the responsibilities of life hit them.
I am not clear if the YOU in your post means ME, but to be clear: I do recognize and support efforts to reduce climate change. I work in one of the least understood and easiest to improve offenders to climate change; commercial buildings.
But I have my eyes opened to the fact that most of my peers (age 44) care more about making their bill payments than reducing their quality of life to tackle this issue.
This is a hilarious and just largely false response when you consider the fact it's all the old folk so damn resistant to med-4-all.The Duff Man said:Many youth feel like her. But not many will when they get to their 20s and have bills, mortgages, children, taxes and life’s realities staring them in the face.
Then for the vast majority of youth crusaders it will be about ME, and my standard of life, and my current problems,
Wow. Good for FN.When FOxNews has to apologize for you - you know you have gone too far:
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This was the exact thought I had reading your post.supermike80 said:Ugh...Horrible....Go away please.
You actually just supported his statement.This is a hilarious and just largely false response when you consider the fact it's all the old folk so damn resistant to med-4-all.
Young people understand the perspective that somebody has to take that initial hit in taxes before it's just built into the system and nobody thinks about it. Like the kids of millennials will just understand the large taxes of med-4-all to be part of life, it will be so engrained to every generation after nobody will question it. It's the AARP'ers holding the millennials back because durrr, capitalism! Murica!
You're right. What awful human beings, to want everyone to have the ability to walk into a medical facility and get the care they need to live as healthy and pain free as possible. Pure evil, I say.You actually just supported his statement.
One person on this site gets it, so that is encouraging.You actually just supported his statement.
Similar to the Parkland kids.Her speech was great but it also depresses me because we’re not going to do anything close to what she is demanding. We’re not capable of it.
By comparison, the Parkland kids have dreams that are much more achievable.Similar to the Parkland kids.
Now you are trying to move the goalposts. Duff man pointed out that people care a lot more about the greater good when they have little to no responsibilities and then they start to care more about their own personal lot in life as those responsibilities grow.You're right. What awful human beings, to want everyone to have the ability to walk into a medical facility and get the care they need to live as healthy and pain free as possible. Pure evil, I say.
But going just as ignored by people in power.By comparison, the Parkland kids have dreams that are much more achievable.
How old is 16 really?Some voters: a 16 year old is adult enough to date an adult, Roy Moore can be a Senator.
Some voters: a 16 year old trying to tell me about climate change is a joke. Go back to class.
Willing to be the Venn diagram has a touch of overlap.
This is true for some people and the opposite of what happens to some people.Now you are trying to move the goalposts. Duff man pointed out that people care a lot more about the greater good when they have little to no responsibilities and then they start to care more about their own personal lot in life as those responsibilities grow.
You pointed out that old people don't favor medicare for all and young people do in an effort to refute him. That is an argument in favor of his position, not against it. Old people already have medicare. Young people dont.