Arr, me be part of Gen X, mayhaps we be the scallywags causin' all them wild college ruckuses! Arrr!
2024-05-16
Arr matey, as a member of Gen X, me thinks we were too busy hoverin' over our youngins like a pack of seagulls. Now the young scallywags of Gen Z be causin' a ruckus at college, and we be scratchin' our heads like confused parrots. Blimey!
Arrr, me hearties! Lookin' at the recent protests and violence on college campuses, ye gotta wonder where the adults be hidin'. Boards, administrators, faculty, staff, and parents all be responsible for teachin' these scallywags such unruly behavior, whether on purpose or through neglect.Gen X, that be our lot. We be the gappers, caught between the Boomers and the Millennials, missin' out on Watergate and Vietnam but growin' up with Reagan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and "Friends." We had the Internet before Gen Z could even spell it and claim to have the best music, arrr.But while we be fightin' wars and battlin' recessions, we be failin' as parents and educators. We be the pioneers of helicopter parentin', swoopin' in to save our young'uns from any sign of trouble or strife. We be so fixated on protectin' them that we forgot to check what they be learnin' in school.Classic books be tossed aside, American history be twisted, and social justice activism be encouraged over actual learnin'. Our failure as parents and teachers be evident in the lack of preparedness of our young adults for the real world.Instead of blamin' Gen Z for actin' as we taught them, maybe it be time for us to look in the mirror and take responsibility for the mess we be in. Aye, we be the ones who need to change our ways, lest we want our legacy to be a generation of entitled, anxious, and unprepared youths. Arrr!