this week we had a chat about the attitude of pupils towards their study at work. We couldn’t help but we compared our own attitude to that of our pupils. We realized that the way we we were thinking about our development differs a lot. “In the old days” we we scared like hell when we got a bad mark. Nowadays somehow they don’t care at all. We couldn’t sleep when we hadn’t finished our essays or papers. Nowadays they say: “well, that’s to bad but give me an F and we’re finished.” What??? and they couldn’t care less?
I don’t think that this has just something to do with school or homework. I’ve found this totally careless attitude in their way of thinking and life. Some pupils somehow seem to have no conscience at all when damaging possessions of others or hurting an animal or even destroying their own lives. Even worse: a lot of youngsters don’t care about their own body when using drugs and/or booze, let alone care about their own dignity or self respect.
I simply don’t understand them anymore. I think this way of thinking and living has nothing to do with a hopeless future. So that’s no excuse. I think it a kind of attitude that reflex too much about materialism and too little about what one really needs: a safe home, love, and care from those they really want to be close to