03-22-2013, 05:48 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/0...rcissists/
... this isn't exactly political, save for the fact that it's coming from Fox (Faux) News. I had heard about that Freshman survey a year or so ago.
Now I'll be the last person to agree with this guy's politics, but unfortunately, from reading the above piece-- there are a number of things I think I agree with him about. Particularly the Fb and twitter issues -- it explains a lot of behavior that I see on a daily basis. It also sort of ties in with swampy's post below about mediocrity ... that if we treat every child, every student as if they're great just for being who they are, that they're something special for being photographed, filmed, or how many "friends" they have and tweets they produce, we're sending a very unrealistic message about where true success comes from.
... this isn't exactly political, save for the fact that it's coming from Fox (Faux) News. I had heard about that Freshman survey a year or so ago.
Now I'll be the last person to agree with this guy's politics, but unfortunately, from reading the above piece-- there are a number of things I think I agree with him about. Particularly the Fb and twitter issues -- it explains a lot of behavior that I see on a daily basis. It also sort of ties in with swampy's post below about mediocrity ... that if we treat every child, every student as if they're great just for being who they are, that they're something special for being photographed, filmed, or how many "friends" they have and tweets they produce, we're sending a very unrealistic message about where true success comes from.