Redbird's Drive-by

I watched the whole thing but I not understand it???

Harp,

Me neither. I didn't know what the point was.

sarcastic,

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of it seemed about right. Seven hours a sleep a night is more than a lot of people get.

And yes, a laptop DOES cost more than some people make in a year. So, be GRATEFUL that you HAVE ONE!

This me-me-me generation will NEVER know what it is like to REALLY try and make something of yourself and of your life. Our great-great grand fathers do. Today's youth lives in the lap of luxary and has the NERVE to complain.

Theses brats are beyond lucky to be born in a country where they have the freedom to do, live, eat, listen to and say WHATEVER they WANT. They should be thanking God every
day that they are Americans and have the rights AND priveledges that THAT brings.

That's what I think of the video.

As I see this I can clearly see the message the producer and students are sending.

How will this class benefit me when I get a job?”

I my blog Are we really educating our students? I was trying to get people to state what should schools be teaching to provide students a skill in the workforce. As an educator I can justify why you need different classes. However does someone really need to know calculus to repair a car? Does someone need to know theories of relativity to figure out when you drop a hammer on your toe it will most likely hurt? Now those are some very basic examples but those of you who did go to college how many of you use what you learned in a humanities class on an everyday basis. For me my most useless class was philosophy. “I am what I am, I am here or am I there.” WHAT? But I had to have the class to meet the school’s graduation requirements. Those of you who have graduated college how many “term” papers have you written for you job? In my case taking Art History actually did benefit me in one job because no one in the art department had no idea what Baroque art looked like. So I told them and showed them what the design should look like. In that job I was only considered a production worker and the designers were the “experts.” Funny how when I showed an editor my design he wanted me to work on his project not the “regular” designers. But that was only happened a few times in my working career.

If you don't think you are learning anything in college, DON'T GO! You have a choice here, and, if you decide to go, pick classes that pertain to what career you are interested in.

What is up with this LAZY generation that want to take short cuts and skip right on to that triple digit income? This never happened for my generation. Sarcastic and Theshan are right on.

I agree snoopydad. What I learned in many of my classes in college did not pertain to my degree, but these classes were all manditory to get the degree. It's not the point of being lazy to me. I feel that much of the garbage that they teach in schools should be left as extra courses to take in college if you need more credits.jmo
btw the video never loaded for me.

I thought it was a great u-tube. I am a 21 year old college student with two children. I realated to that so much. I hate buying textbooks that we NEVER open not because we are lazy but because we do not use them. i have facebook and myspace. This vidio really made me think and proved to me that I ma not the only one out there that was thinking WOW I will NEVER need this class. We spend so much time and money and things that are suposse to help[ us succeed in life. Maybe if we looked at our classes and degree and matched the classes that we use towards our degree students wouldnt fall behind on studies, pay attention in class and save money. Keep the classes relavent to our degree. Im majoring in Early childhood education and getting readt to minor in social services. But when will I ever teach pre calc to a 2 year old?

I've watched it 3 times now and only a small part is about the classes you have to take.
The rest is just complaining.

I mean what did the parts about owning expensive laptops, watching 2 hrs of TV a day and playing on-line 2 more hrs a day have to do with the high cost of college?
Was the collge forcing this on them?

So they say "we didn't start this" but sorry YES actually they did. You choose to buy the most expensive laptop made, they choose to watch 2 hrs of TV then complain that you don't have time for homework, you choose to play around online and then complain about having to take classes that dont matter.

Sorry but it just all still sounds like a big ol' pity party to me.

There are some truths in this video, but they're probably not what the creators of the video want to hear.

The truth is that we have raised a whole generation of lazy kids. They are concerned with trivial matters like talking on cell phones, texting, surfing the web, ipods, etc. They don't understand why anyone would do actual hard work. They resent anyone who doesn't cater to them or otherwise tells them they're being lazy.

It's time we as a society kicked some sense into these kids. The ipods need to go. The laptop computers need to go. The cell phones need to go. The TVs need to go.

These kids need to read more books and learn how to do something that's actually constructive.

It's true that our colleges aren't helping matters when professors are more concerned with grant money and research than teaching. However, it's also true that these kids don't do much to warrant the attention of the professors.

To these kids I say: Grow up and quit your whining.