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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 01:57 PM Original message |
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. My daughter is 6 years old an she can tie her shoes, dress herself, wash her hair, |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can't use a can opener, she should have taught that before |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, but the ruling class is conducting a psyops campaign, & this article is just one more bomb |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I have to disagree. Although I think it is without question that there is a legit class war going |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. i think there is a legitimate attempt to blow stupid things up into crises |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. And it isn't even "legitimate." |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You really think it's "hype" that kids aren't learning basic life skills? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
57. Not sure what parental failure to teach life skills |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Where did that mom think her daughter would learn to open |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. +10 Its Always Someone or Something Else's Fault When Anything Happens |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. So it seems. I know I've taught several kids how to read an |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Best response! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I read an article a few years ago that a lot of young people can't read a standard clock. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I saw this up close and personal a few years ago |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
51. I saw this with my students earlier this week |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yah, and they don't understand rotary dial phones, either. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many generations now of two income families, aka, |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Largely parenting, I suspect. A friend's kid was "waited upon" by a well-meaning mother. Can't do |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. TeaBaggers (R) of Tomorrow |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Why, thank you. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt... |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. This sounds like normal child behavior - but not having basic skills handed down is an entirely |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. +1 |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. The last generation raised nincompoops. We are........ |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. And even the brightest kids |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. And that would come in handy if some amazing set of events |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. No kidding. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I'm on 40's doorstep and I've never seen one in person, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. I'm far from a kid and have a BS that requires some heavy mathematical lifting, |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
49. I wasn't worried that they can't use 'em |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Technology is one thing. I'm sure most of us couldn't operate a horse drawn buggy. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. At the start of the 20th century, great changes in technology made it necessary |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Most of these "critical skills" are things that can be taught in minutes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. KIDS! AAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWGGGGGG! KIDS! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. "What's the Matter With Kids Today?" (Bye Bye Birdie) |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. "We" aren't raising a thing. Some people are poor parents. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. I remember the year I turned 12. My father gave me the responsibility |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I'm working with a kid this summer who's 23, and never cut grass |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Yaawwwwn. Who cares? You are merely fulfilling your prejudices. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. the kids aren't stupid; their parents just did everything for them |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. We have four and have tried. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Your kids know a lot more than many their age |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. See: Idiocracy |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I seriously wonder how long it's going to be before someone makes a recliner-toilet like in the movi... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. the kids are alright (and using a can opener isn't exactly an essential skill) |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. Survival of the species? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It's lacking the insight to figure out how to use a clotheshanger that's unsettling |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Especially when... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I'm very skeptical of that claim - I suspect it's more likely that there has never been any |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is ableist. |
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ncteechur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Based on the ages of the teabaggers, we have nincompoops for a long freaking time!!! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. Doesn't surprise me a bit. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
48. Idiocracy. A bad film accurately charting our future. |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. There are a lot of smart, talented kids out there, too. Don't think this represents |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. To some extent we've been doing this for the past fifty-sixty years |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
55. but can these parents open their prescription meds, use a computer, or operate the remote? |
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