Quote:
Originally Posted by Sainters7
The funny thing is, in a history class I took in college, our prof talked about this notion, and we looked at a bunch of newspaper clips/stories in the U.S. in the days/weeks after Pearl Harbor. Adults at the time were seriously concerned that this later to be named "Greatest Generation" wouldn't be able to even fight the war properly. Many felt they were a bunch of lazy, self-absorbed swing kids.
The "greatest generation" IMO was just an ordinary generation who had extraordinary events unfold around them, and they rose to the occasion. Which is why they deservedly get the respect they do, but who's to say this Y generation wouldn't have done the same if it came to it? I'm pretty sure adults have been complaining about the younger generation since the beginning of time.
|
... and until the end of time, people will keep on saying it. I hope I never become a CaptainCrunch or anything.
The reality is, each generation has been better then the last and each generation after will be better then the previous. While brings this whole thing full circle, that for all the resources and everything that you have available for you, expectations are too high. Because every generation builds on the work and expectations of the previous ones and we always want a little bit more. The expectations here isn't always about entitlement (it can be, but thats not the point)... the point is how we compare reality to expectations that results in happiness.