Post by Max on Oct 31, 2020 14:20:24 GMT
Saw this today and it made me smile. This was my school era so it brought back memories….happy days! From a very early age you could say we were all understood clearly the concepts of discipline, respecting elders, guidance, cause & effect, consequence of actions. In the ten years at school I have to be honest and say I recall maybe only three times anyone got the cane, and not too many more that the slipper was used. The knowledge that it was an available option was more than enough deterrent for most to stay in line, can’t even say i remember it used as a threat by any teachers either.
We managed to come out of it pretty well adjusted people not scarred by the experience and equipped to cope in the big wide world at a young age.
Sure in 1985 the work environment was still often sexist, racist, the atmosphere literally thick with cigarette smoke, drinking on dinner breaks was accepted and inappropriate behaviour at works parties was common place. By 22 many of us were married with a mortgage, by then we had been working 6 years with pension 4 years in a pension scheme.
I can say with absolute certainty that we had never heard of or known anyone suffering with mental health issues, stress, anxiety or depression, nor anyone who had committed suicide. Bi-polar, LGBTQIAPK, OCD, ADD, ADHD or any other acronyms played no part in our upbringing. Similarly none of us were allergic to nuts, wheat, dairy, gluten, we did not know panic attacks and never dreamed of stabbing or killing each other.
So is it coincidence that the end of the above era, two generations ago, we first saw the millennials and now the snowflakes. Two sets that have way to much sense of entitlement, this over-sensitive, humourless, weak minded easily offended people are society’s most feeble. Sam smith even wants to re-write English grammar, despite it being good enough for Shakespeare! They appear desperate for any cause to support with compassion while at the same time viciously trolling, cyberbullying, and telling/watching ‘friends’ to commit suicide in live chatrooms. I come across all too many who have spent another decade in further education at college or Uni (for 3 hours a week!). They end up with first class honours degrees on their resumes, living in their parent’s homes and gaming in their mid-30s, tens of thousands in debt but when they come for jobs they are woefully inadequate at basic life skills which they should have learned 15 years earlier.
Social media preys on the weak and I sense many of this age group simply do not grasp that the quality of their selfies, or their number of followers, likes and ‘friends’ will not earn them a living or a pension for later life. I actually fear for the next generation even more, babies are now declared non-binary, gender fluid without choice……or maybe I’m just getting grumpy!