not respect

well, for the most part, they worked their ass off all their life to raise their children, contributed to society like you are nothing close yet, senior deserve respect

no they don't

that's bullshit

now as for their decision, that's another story

people do not deserve respect just because they lived their life

for purpose of stable productive society which preserves institutions, respect for older generations is necessary

imo it dont matter if deserved or not, just necessity for functioning goodness

being considerate of other people is a form of respect, empathy, that's something different

respect isn't limited to good consideration you have of other people, but it's still a good begining

yup

Also I think you are full of shit for thinking that the current younger generation has less consideration for others than any of the previous generations, what a load of shit. Where did you come up with that idea? At maximum it is possible for you to know and assess innacuratedly the personality and traits of about 200 people that you directly come in contact with. And you think you can make accurate statements about the temperament of an entire generation of people?

What a load of crap

I have 3500 students, where you 200 comes from ?

lol

You don't know them individiually

you can't make any assesment of them

for sure I don't know them individually, but their general behavior is really far from the way i've been educated

The number comes from studies that estimated the average amount of people that a person can come into contact with and actually "know" although that definiton is not objective

but it's really irrellavent on that point

Lots of studies done on generations rlooking at their politics and economics and what not

that's a simple statement regarding what I've seen, not a general truth

still, I tend to believe that the behavior of the young generation nowadays is really far from the behavior of my parents and the people of their generation

What you've seen means nothing, you are making a statement of what you feel is the case, not what you have any ability to determine in any way. Basically your reason for believing the current generation has a certain temperament is purely anecdotal and illogical.

anecdotal, true, illogical, how so ?

this is being reduced to absurdity

after a certain number of anecdots, you can determine a general tendancy, how is that illogical ?

does that respresent every single people of the said generation ? of course not...

does the tendancy is illogical ? I fail to see why ?

But that's exactly what you are saying, the current generation does not have x aspect. You are making a broad statement and assesment of a group that contains so many people in so many different contexts from their interactions with you from your personal experiance means nothing.

even if it did mean something there is still not reason to trustyour judgement

when you will visit a class of young students today (between 15 and 20y old, even till 20+), and see the behavior of the students in the 50-60s, you might be able to easily spot differences...

No you won't, objectively

it's not possible

the sample size is too small and specific

why not ?

sure, that's a sample, but you can repeat that ad infinitum

and see a tendancy

No you can't

because your students have demographic influences that both contribute to them ending up in your class and are a result of the context from which they come

ok, you can't