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

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.

even so, you can take any sample of any school in the 50-60s, and you will never see the behavior that i've seen

Based on what knowledge?

that is even more pulled out of your ass

yes, totally pulled of my ass

pictures, videos, teacher testimonies of that time

how many classrooms did you visit in the 1960s? I bet it's even less than the current day ones

I have plenties

I concur that there are differences between generations

But to say something like the current one has less consideration for others is a load of bullshit

It comes from no other place than your interpersonal biases