Comments on: “A” for Effort is Becoming a Reality http://moorethoughts.com/2009/02/19/a-for-effort-is-becoming-a-reality/ Conservatism, Freedom, Capitalism Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah B http://moorethoughts.com/2009/02/19/a-for-effort-is-becoming-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-256199 Sarah B Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:48:51 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/?p=4897#comment-256199 Hey Sarah, this is Sarah Brungardt, Catherine's old friend. I've been reading your blog for a little bit now. I absolutely agree with you on this one. I've just gone back to school for nursing and I'm absolutely horrified by what these kids just ten years younger than me think they are entitled to. And worse, that some professors indulge them in it. A for effort at one end of the scale, and C for almost no effort at the other end. There was a girl (I just can't call her a woman) in my microbiology course who showed up maybe half the time, didn't take exams, and was honestly just not very bright when she did participate in class. She was solidly failing at the end of the semester but the instructor passed her with a C for writing an essay on "Why I Want to Be a Nurse". Where's the "banging my head against a brick wall" emoticon? I fear that people like this are going to slide through nursing school and be completely incompetent at caring for their patients. And honestly, I fear that I'm not getting the education I should be because, even though I understand the material and am getting A's, are the courses being dumbed down for these kids who don't want to put the effort in. It's incredibly frustrating. On the other side of college, my husband's boss has been trying to hire someone to work in his cabinet shop for a few months. He's had many inquiries, most in their early 20's. You'd think with the economy as it is people would be doing everything they can to get a job. These guys don't show up, don't call, don't follow-up. If they do get hired, they'll not show up, not call, and then just show up again on another day thinking they still have a job. What is with people? Ok, that's my epic rant, I'm done :). Hey Sarah, this is Sarah Brungardt, Catherine’s old friend. I’ve been reading your blog for a little bit now. I absolutely agree with you on this one. I’ve just gone back to school for nursing and I’m absolutely horrified by what these kids just ten years younger than me think they are entitled to. And worse, that some professors indulge them in it. A for effort at one end of the scale, and C for almost no effort at the other end. There was a girl (I just can’t call her a woman) in my microbiology course who showed up maybe half the time, didn’t take exams, and was honestly just not very bright when she did participate in class. She was solidly failing at the end of the semester but the instructor passed her with a C for writing an essay on “Why I Want to Be a Nurse”. Where’s the “banging my head against a brick wall” emoticon? I fear that people like this are going to slide through nursing school and be completely incompetent at caring for their patients. And honestly, I fear that I’m not getting the education I should be because, even though I understand the material and am getting A’s, are the courses being dumbed down for these kids who don’t want to put the effort in. It’s incredibly frustrating. On the other side of college, my husband’s boss has been trying to hire someone to work in his cabinet shop for a few months. He’s had many inquiries, most in their early 20’s. You’d think with the economy as it is people would be doing everything they can to get a job. These guys don’t show up, don’t call, don’t follow-up. If they do get hired, they’ll not show up, not call, and then just show up again on another day thinking they still have a job. What is with people? Ok, that’s my epic rant, I’m done :) .

]]> By: Rick http://moorethoughts.com/2009/02/19/a-for-effort-is-becoming-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-256196 Rick Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:05:45 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/?p=4897#comment-256196 TOTALLY AGREE.....I have hired some of these same young people....They don't understand that they should be at work on time, all the time, they can't accept that they are to work the schedule that has been up for weeks, "but my friend is having her birthday party this weekend".... .. you have to get them to sign the orientation guidebook, or they will always say that you never told them not to have their cells on the salesfloor, or any number of things, too numerous to mention here....the first answer to any correction, of any type, is that they did not do it that way, must have been someone else....or I was never told....none of which is true... This is not the exception, this is the norm.....schools and parents have failed these young people......we have cultivated a victim status in the youth of America, without any doubt..... TOTALLY AGREE…..I have hired some of these same young people….They don’t understand that they should be at work on time, all the time, they can’t accept that they are to work the schedule that has been up for weeks, “but my friend is having her birthday party this weekend”….
.. you have to get them to sign the orientation guidebook, or they will always say that you never told them not to have their cells on the salesfloor, or any number of things, too numerous to mention here….the first answer to any correction, of any type, is that they did not do it that way, must have been someone else….or I was never told….none of which is true…

This is not the exception, this is the norm…..schools and parents have failed these young people……we have cultivated a victim status in the youth of America, without any doubt…..

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