I like the story out of Florida where a man wins a discrimination lawsuit against a school district with a strict confidentiality clause in it. They tell their obviously spoiled rotten daughter about it (which was the point of the confidentiality clause) to which she blabs to her 1200 Facebook friends that the school district has just paid for her upcoming tour of Europe and to "suck it". She just blew an $80,000 settlement because she couldn't keep her entitlement mentality trap shut.
That's the problem I see with a great majority of the next generation. The sense of entitlement. Don't get me wrong, there are some that are very hard working and mature, but a great many just expect the world to be handed to them. I busted my a$$ working two jobs and starting my own small company in college to pay tuition at Michigan State. I graduated with no student loans, no Pell Grant, no scholarships, just good old fashioned hard work. And I had it a LOT easier than my father did when he went through college since he also had to support his mother when his father walked out on them.
The problem, though is systemic. It stems from the government cutting back on what is considered "Full Time" work to 30 hours a week. Now, all the sudden, people whine that they can't afford to live on their wages, because they are only working 30 hours a week at their job. Guess what..... get a second job - don't expect to magically be worth more an hour. Because, say they raise the minimum wage from 7.75 an hour to 10.00 an hour - then all the sudden those who were making $10 an hour are all the sudden screaming for a pay raise also - and on up the chain. Again, are people taken advantage of at lower pay ranges, yes - it happens. So get an education and keep off drugs and keep your nose clean and maybe someone will pay you what you think you are worth. Better yet, come up with the next big new idea, promote it and make your own way just like the way the American Dream was spelled out to the rest of us.
Man, am I jaded!
