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| Thread ID: 45768 | 2004-06-02 05:37:00 | slightly OT: the youth of today. Sigh... | falvrez (390) | Press F1 |
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| 241129 | 2004-06-02 05:37:00 | Time to get on my soapbox. Each week I go to a local high school to do my CCNA and ITE course (just finished ITE). Cheap to do and a worldwide qualification - I'm a happy man. But - oh the language from the other students in the class (that is, student-age students). Man I would have been caned and expelled for far, far less than what they dish out to each other and the teacher. The F word, the S word and the C word appear in every sentence from nearly every pupil. Hey I'm no prude but there's no need to get carried away and swear just to look cool (yes ok they think you do have to). And the looks from the woman who is our organisation's first level IT support (she comes with me to the class to study also) are shocking. But the thing that gets me the most is that they are being handed this course and an international qualification pretty much on a platter and all they have to do is pull finger and study. But do they? Nope, most days it's a Quake Deathmatch for an hour or more - basically as long as they are in the class they are playing games. There are the exceptions but they are in the minority. They all whinged when I cruised through my ITE final becuase they are all still way behind. Of course they are - they don't study. I only do 2 hours once a week and finished it in a month or so - they are there (in that class) 5 hours a week and most still are not half way through. No idea how they get through their CCNA. Many of you will say it's the teacher's fault for letting them get away with it - and yes in a way it is, but he has no respect from them and neither does he deserve to get treated like a piece of dirt - but he does. And sure I could say "quit your bloody swearing!" and today I was almost at that point, and next week I think I will do that, but I don't feel it's in my place to tell them to grow up. I wonder if their parents talk to them like that or at home perhaps they are different people altogether. All I can say is that it just reaffirms our committent to homeschooling our own kids. FYI I'm 39 - not an oldie by my standards, but I guess by their I am. Let the abuse begin. |
falvrez (390) | ||
| 241130 | 2004-06-02 05:40:00 | Man....i wish i was young again,sounds awesome. Well okay,im still young...is 30 young?,has to be,my grandfather called me an annoying child the other day......HA And instead of working i play video games all day and post here on this forum.... |
metla (154) | ||
| 241131 | 2004-06-02 05:57:00 | I know how you feel - in a sort of way. Occasionally I'll have the misfortune of standing next to or sitting closed to some of these teens on the bus. One time these two kids behind me were going none-stop with their F words (I mean every single sentence had at least one F word in it!). I couldn't stand it and folded my newspaper and move to the front of the bus. Rather stand there than continue to listen to the filth coming out of their mouth. (and no, they were literally shouting these words out, its not like you could try to ignore them). Why didn't I stop them? I didn't think it would help, it would probably trigger a torrent of abusive racist remarks from them. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 241132 | 2004-06-02 06:14:00 | Are those day classes or night classes falvrez? If they are day classes complain to the Principal. If kids talked like that in class at our local high school they'd be on a 5 day stand-down for the first offence Two or three repeat offences would see them out the gate never to return. same thing applies to behaviour going to or from school. From when the student leaves home (parental responsibility) until returning home, the school is in loco parentis and school rules and discipline apply, even outside the school premises. Standards only exist where people are willing to live by them and enforce them. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 241133 | 2004-06-02 06:14:00 | man i love being a teenager... i guess i'm kinda conditioned to this stuff, but currently i'm having the time of my life as a teenager, good friends, good parties, good school/jobs. /shrugs swearing really isn't that bad, i mean, its a pretty good vent lol - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 241134 | 2004-06-02 06:16:00 | Day classes - I get paid to go so another bonus of being a salaried worker (as against my previous life of self employment). DD - there's just no need for it. Vent it out in your own home, man, not in public. |
falvrez (390) | ||
| 241135 | 2004-06-02 06:28:00 | I have no problem with swearing - but use it when it is called for. When you peppered it all over your conversation it loses its real meaning and impact. When I converse with my suppliers they know when I am really cheesed off. Nowadays you hear these words on TVs and Movies, no wonder the kids think it perfectly normal to spew these filth. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 241136 | 2004-06-02 06:32:00 | Amen to that statement, I love being a Teenager too :-) Its also been good for me being homeschooled - Given me a foot in the door in a few places I wouldnt have been able to get :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 241137 | 2004-06-02 07:16:00 | Enjoy it buddy! There's endless working years ahead of you as an Adult. See if your employer thinks swearing is a pretty good way to go when you get a job. If you want a half decent one, that is. Your fun is yet to begin |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 241138 | 2004-06-02 09:11:00 | A happy teenager here too [well, most times at least] I know how it feels to hear swear words in every single sentence some speak outloud . However, saying that, I have, myself, been slightly influenced, and I know, to be honest, I do use the S and F word . Lets admit it, todays society is by far more stressful that what it has ever been . And stress levels will continue to rise in our next generation of children as time flies . To accomodate for these stress and anger, we, teens really do not have any other choice of better words . Part of our English work on poetry, we studied the sound effects produced by the mouth, in depth . Man, we learnt a heck of a lot from that . To know all the human psychology behind swearing is truly amazing . For example, most of my peers (and myself included) simply exited out of our exam today with the big fat 'F' word . Why? It was hyper-difficult . Results are not even worth dreaming about . Swearwords, in fact, are usually used at climax level . Once it is released, most cool down . . . . But in your case, I feel terriably sorry for you that you are having to learn under such a shocking environment . People at our school, yes, we swear sometimes, but only do so when we know for sure that there are no adults around, and that the person we're standing next two would not have a problem of accepting it . That way, we minimise offending others . At the rare time when some do get caught, and abuse the system, they are instantly awarded with litter duty or detention . It does not look like the school your learning from is the top in the school . Complain to the principle/person incharge if you think you are being offended . To all true teens [those half way between adulthood and childhood], make the most of it before you stike 21 . It is indeed, a true and awesome experience . ;-):D |
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