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Offline rwalters

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Sad and true...
« Reply #-1 on: November 18, 2016, 05:30:05 PM »

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Re: Sad and true...
« on: November 18, 2016, 05:51:08 PM »
Thankfully I have two children, both of whom are Millenials that do NOT fit this category. Both are in college, but BOTH have part-time jobs and are already hard working members of society, and I am proud of them both!



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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2016, 05:55:31 PM »
My daughter is a millennial. She really hates her generation. And I agree with her completely.
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Sad and true...
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2016, 05:57:24 PM »
Should have said...sad, and often true. There are lots and LOTS of outstanding millennials :-)
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2016, 09:11:06 PM »
WE as a  genration...still have time to teach the values that are needed to meet - and beat "the future".

But it is incumbent upon us to not ignore or delay. TIME is not forgiving, nor is it patient. It moves forward - whether we like it or not.
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2016, 09:47:18 PM »
We have two so called millennial generation daughters. They didn't get to pick their parents so we raised them our way! One is a nurse, the other an accountant. We are proud of both of them not so much for their chosen fields but rather for the responsible adults they have become. So much focus is on the goal and not so much about how you act getting there!

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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2016, 11:41:41 PM »
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2016, 11:11:46 AM »
I don't even know what generation I am from................ ???
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2016, 11:17:38 AM »
We have two so called millennial generation daughters. They didn't get to pick their parents so we raised them our way! One is a nurse, the other an accountant. We are proud of both of them not so much for their chosen fields but rather for the responsible adults they have become. So much focus is on the goal and not so much about how you act getting there!
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True Gene...

I have had job applicants that strut in with a copy of a degree from one of many fine universities...and they have an "expectancy". They expect that because they have learned about the world in "theory" ( how we are taught from textbooks is theory) that should equate to experience.... ( what we learn AFTER we practice the theories we learned from books ;) )
And - there is the expectation that one can graduate college - and start off making $100,000 a year. :D :D :D. THAT is a rare situation indeed.

I sent out my personal diatribe to some of you via e-mail. ;) 8)
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2016, 01:32:52 PM »
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”

This was said by Socrates over 2000 years ago.  Every generation says this about the next generation.  It was certainly said about the baby boomers (a group I suspect many of you belong to) in the 60s. 

On top of that, the video just wasn't funny.  It pretended to be, but it really wasn't.  People often confuse something that reinforces their belief system with comedy.  But the two really aren't the same. 

The millennials will do just fine (give or take) just like we did just fine (give or take). 

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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2016, 04:54:44 PM »
It's funny because it's true.
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2016, 09:00:49 PM »
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Re: Sad and true...
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2016, 04:10:42 PM »
It's funny because it's true.

Yet it's sad at the same time . . . . and for the very same reason.





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