Message from @Towelie
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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
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
they will have extreme commonality between them
and even then
what argument can you provide that your judgement of them as individuals is sound even though your interaction with them is extremely limited
well as a teacher, I didn't see only my own students, I've traveled 5500 miles, and that's not even talking of the numerous of university I've been visiting in my own country
but still, that's considered a sample, you're right
there are so many factors that contribute to your assesment of them as a group based on your day to day interactions being wrong that it is entirely nonsensical to make any assesment of them at all on such a basis.