In our society today, people have no reserves on complaining about the smallest things. Everything is deemed offensive. Ten years ago, people would have taken comments with a grain of salt. Today, you cannot speak your mind without risking backlash for it. In my opinion, it goes both ways. If someone says something and someone expresses a different opinion about it, that is their right as a U.S. citizen. People are overwhelmed by the sense of saying something wrong, or more so, saying something that is taken out of context.
Additionally, as children, we are handing things to children without giving them the true satisfaction of earning it. We get participation awards for silly things. Perhaps the intention is to make everyone feel equal and good inside, but there is most certainly a point where it pushes past the boundaries of empathy. Losing is just as important as winning. Without losing, we would not know how to handle failures, an inevitable part of life. Instead, we have created a bratty generation that feels they should win for showing up. Congratulations, but no one could care less if you came to the event or not. Not only are we holding kids back from creating a strong work ethic and building perseverance, but we are shaping their future perceptions of life in a detramental way. Continuing with shaping children's perspectives, we astonishingly encourage our younger generation to be lazy. When I was a child, I played outside every day, and there wasn't even a choice as my mother locked the porch door. If I was unable to, I played with toys that enhanced my learning or stimulated my mind with creativity. Nowadays, kids whine and stomp their feet around until they get their parents' phones or get to play video games. I can think of an instance where a three year old played X-Box all day and continues to do so as he is four. He cannot spell his own name. Furthermore, the video games and phone games that parents allow their kids to play is astonishing. Perhaps they don't comprehend the context of killing people violently, but that supports the horrors of it itself. We are essentially training kids to not feel bad when they kill. In a real life situation, the repeated goal of killing someone could send a person into desensitation-overdrive, nurturing psychopathic behaviors. It is tolerable for a young adult to play such games only with the knowlege of how impactful the taking of a life is, and not just on themselves. It is still questionable as video games such as Call of Duty promote war and glorify it, excluding a true soldier's perspective on war. More than likely, they didn't join the military to get an epic kill.
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