Excuses and 8-Second Attention Spans
I've heard, as most people have, the term "culture shock." Even in my small- town existence, I have experienced culture shock at different points in my life (the majority being when we travel to somewhere that doesn't serve sweet tea). However, I never expected to experience it in my 600-something populated hometown. And all I had to do was become a teacher. The epidemic of which I speak is not exclusive to America's high schools. The individuals cannot see they are infected, so they seep out into the "real world" and to higher institutions, making others others pay the price for their distorted realities. This generation is not only a different culture, but sometimes just a whole different breed of individual. At times, it is like the first step off a boat into an uncharted land. No longer is this a world where we own up to our mistakes, find our own strength, and work around the obstacles that plague life. Instead, it is a world of the blame game,...