Thanks all. Always helps to get a little perspective! Maybe it's because it's near the end of term. Phew!
--Mike On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > A colleague and I (both just a little bit "older") have been talking about > some of the points that Mike P. raised in his reply to this thread. We both > were in high school and starting college in the late 60's to early 70's (Ok, > I'm a few years older) and remember just how self-obsessed the 60's-70's > youth were. Oh wait, that was me back then! And I DO remember how entitled I > felt. WE were the Vietnam generation! WE were the ones being abused by the > system and the system owed US. > > I read Gen Me and I've heard Jean Twenge speak and I like her work BUT I > think there are flaws in her work and I think her point is over-stated. > There are cohort effects that she just seems to shrug off. > > The breakdown in authority was far more pervasive in the Vietnam/Nixon era > than now--starting at the top with Nixon and his staff. AND these are many > of the folks we now see as early retirees--one of the most self-entitled > groups of people around! (Ok, I have no data). But I am fairly certain that > with enough time I could dig up some stats on things like: this is the most > financially secure group of retirees, on average, we ever have seen or will > see in any near future times. Pensions were the norm for people starting > their careers in the 1960's and early 1970's and so folks in that group are > now retired or about to retire to nice little monthly checks, no matter the > state of the economy. And they are "owed" it because they fought in all the > past wars and "worked hard" to get us to this wonderful time and place we > are in. The "worked hard" mantra is NOT new to our current younger > generation thinking they are owed something just for their efforts. Don't > get me started. Can you ! > ! > tell I lived until very recently in a part of San Diego where most retirees > retire to? (for those who know the area, Rancho Bernardo...need I say more?) > > But here is a great article: > Arnett, J. J. (2007). Suffering, selfish, slackers? Myths and reality about > emerging adults. Journal of Youth Adolescence, 36, 23-29. > I got it through our library. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [email protected] > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
