How many times have you said thank you today? How many times have you held the door open for someone else? What about treating others with respect?
These questions used to be important to people at one time. Now, they are lost in the ever dynamic abyss of the world. Our generation today has lost all sorts of morality. "Why is this?", you may ask yourself.
The answer to that question is not so easy as the questions first asked. We--as kids--have been exposed to a plethora of things in our life. Things that kids a few generations ago wouldn't even have imagined. It seems as if the advancement of technology is directly proportional to our 'depreciation of morals' or loss of morals. The improvement of technology had led us to have easy access to porn, violence, and overall 'junk'. Don't get me wrong, the advancement of technology has led us to a bunch of good things as well, but it comes with a price.
The 'junk' that we've been exposed to has led us to subconsciously lose our morals. Now, I believe people are naturally good. This would explain why morals have decreased with the advancement of technology. Previous generations had much more respect and manners due to their environment. They weren't subjected to the extent of 'junk' as we were. Thus, the previous generations were corrupted a lot slower then our generation today.
I know some of you are going to disagree with my statement but I have talked to a lot of substitute teachers (that were retired teachers) and older people in general, they all say the same thing. Kids have no respect. You can make the argument that this is just an exaggerated statement by the older people. But think about it, no one would make such a statement for no reason. To an extent it has to be true. One must acknowledge the change in society's morals to make such a statement.
Our innocence has clearly been lost at an earlier age then any other previous generation. Is this a good thing? I'm not exactly sure. But, we'll soon find out. Will we be more inclined to resolve things with violence?
Plus, even if you don't agree with me. Why should we be mean anyway? We are all in this together. Love thy neighbor, and peace be with you.
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I do disagree with you that technology is directly porportional to disrepsect. Sure if your paying attention to your cell phone or computer while someone is trying to talk to you, that is disrespectful. It's not just that though that has made kids a lot more rude. Have you ever thought that the amount of young people going to church as decreased since generations passed? As to the innoncence lost subjet. Media and technology does have a lot to do with that, but did you ever think that morals come from a sound family (husband and wife+kids) and being raised with doctrine teaching you morals. The rate of divorce has a lot to do with the kid's rudeness I believe. They teach safe-sex more than they teach abstinence in schools now which leads to younger teenage pregnancies go figure!
My point is made
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I haven't gone to church in many years, my parents have both been divorced twice and I don't have a good relationship with my dad, and my ex-stepdad and I are just starting to get along now. I'm also a virgin (and thus am not, and have never been pregnant). I'm 20, for the record.
I say thank you every chance I get, hold doors open for people all the time (at least whenever I'm at school), and do my best to help where I can.
I lived in the south my last two years in high school, and everyone I knew called the teachers and parents ma'am or sir (that's one habit I couldn't get into), and the vast majority of my close friends had 'broken' families (not all were divorced, one of my friend's dad died when he was little). They were all really polite.
So no, I don't think your point is made.
~C
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You are an exception to the general rule. I think you missed my point when I was talking about the generation as a whole. More and more people are starting to lose morals, or perhaps change them in this ever dynamic world.
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So are the majority of my high school (at least, the people I interacted with), plus the people I am in class with in college and the majority of people I know in 'broken' homes exceptions as well? That's quite a lot of exceptions.
I do know a lot of rude people, but the vast majority of them are not in my generation. They are in my mother's generation.
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Well, then you must be living in a different world than mine. I wish it was like that here. It's like the direct opposite.
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In my experience, anyway. So does husband and husband+kids. And mom+kids. Or custodial grandparent+kids. It really boils down to parental involvement, no matter what the configuration.
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Actually, schools with sex education have lower per capita pregnancy rates. I don't see the correlation between divorce and rudeness, either. In addition, going to church also does not instill morals.
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I KNOW, i use manners like ALOT and ppl call me a brown noser and a goody twoshoes......but there wrong im as dark as..........my natural hair color(BLACK)im a regular prankster...cept i always say sorry... ok maby a deep brown.....than of course i smile alot.......ok ok a mediem brown....and i dont wear leather or dark colors......brown....and i wear natural colored make-up.....light brown
YA KNOW WHAT FINE IM A GREEN!! i <3 green
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"imagine all the people living for today . imagine theres not country. it isn't hard to do. nothing to kill or die for. you may say im a dreamer. but i'm not the only one. i hope some day you'll join us. and the world will live as one." ~John Lennon~
he is a very wise man and i greatley agree with what you say. One of the things i can't stand is the little respect people have for each other. I hear racsist comments all the time and we have a very coultered school ( can't think of the word for it) but we have alot of different races, different people from different money statuses, and our school takes in alot of the special needs kids from around the st. louis area. The only kids at our school that i believe have respect for each other are the special needs kids, and it's sad because they get made fun of alot and i don't understand why. We see them every day so it's not like it's not something we're use to. Then there is no respect for the teachers, and the everyone talks all the time about how they got drunk, or laid over the weekend and it's just highly annoying.
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Our innocence definitely has been lost at an earlier age than the generation before us. And we therefore have more time to make dumb, influenced decisions.
Just picture our generation in 70 years. Tattooed, pierced, and wheelchaired. Hard to imagine because of the pure image of today's eldery. :)