tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8465755499256010291..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: My Son and I Will Not Have To Deal With ThisDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-10251126540400675322011-01-01T13:37:12.091-08:002011-01-01T13:37:12.091-08:00My family lives on the edges of a very affluent co...My family lives on the edges of a very affluent community. The amount of money is no object and the things accumulated by very young teens is astounding. My son has driven around and found working televisions simply left for trash as new flat screen or HD televisions take their place. I've seen nine year olds with Iphones and new drivers with cars bearing names like Lexus and Acura and Mercedes. I have to wonder if Mommy and Daddy intend on subsidizing their children for life because there are certainly few expectations in terms of work ethic or responsibility from this particular group. In the meantime, average kids who work and go to school and make good grades are penalized because they don't fit into specific demographics for grants or scholarships. I've seen relative rich boneheads go to college only to be dropped after two desultory years while good students struggle through community college and heavy workloads in order to just get by. There's something terribly wrong here, but I don't know how to fix it.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-69942491714854913992010-12-30T19:13:01.709-08:002010-12-30T19:13:01.709-08:00Money can't buy happiness, but it's probab...Money can't buy happiness, but it's probably pretty fun to give it a try.gbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-5433334953591012852010-12-30T09:26:42.524-08:002010-12-30T09:26:42.524-08:00I have heard this over and over. by the time the t...I have heard this over and over. by the time the third generation comes around, it is flat out failing in being a decent, contributing member of society. The first generation works hard and makes something which the second generation takes over and also works hard but wants their kids to have a better life than they had so they ease up on discipline and requirements. The third generation loses most of the wealth to bad living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-79533746525004503622010-12-29T21:59:15.906-08:002010-12-29T21:59:15.906-08:00Something I don't have to worry about either.Something I don't have to worry about either.KauaiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581543514815246743noreply@blogger.com