nar·cis·sism [nahr-suh-siz-em] –noun
1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.
This is very interesting. It's fascinating to me how my generation is being regarded. I find the entire situation to be contradicting. Our elders have don't take us seriously, have no respect for us, and think ill-mindedly, yet they strive to meet our needs and dwell on learning to please us. Why is it, like Carlos Mencia said, that we are so preoccupied with making everyone feel special? Why not tell it how it is? It goes back to the same debate. I am 18 years old. I am byfar not the most mature nor wise person on Earth. But, I am mature. I am wise. I am an adult, and I don't want to wait until the age of 30 to be treated as such. I have always been displeased with this. I agree with many that responsibility must be taught at an early age, and I refuse to be on concurrence with our elders sucking up to us just so that they can keep us happy. It's just the beginning of the end. I don't want to be brainwashed into thinking that everything is perfect, and that I do nothing wrong. I am human. That's precisely the point right there. WE ARE HUMAN. We make mistakes. Instead of pushing the same old "don't worry about it" and "it's not your fault" we should strive to teach why it is your fault and what it is that you need to do so that it doesn't happen again. What ever happened to "learn from your mistakes"? It's eventually going to get to the point where we continue to get dumber because we have no mistakes to learn from. (Mencia made this very clear too..) I refuse to fall into this category. The fact that Andy Rooney would even refer to us as "Narcissistic praise-hounds" insults me. If that is the image that we truly portray, why are we so content? We are so dependent on our elders. What's going to happen when they're no longer there? We need to do something about this now. We are ruining our reputation. We our ruining our credibility. Although we continue to recive "higher education" than our past generations, its quality is getting fuzzy. We need to get out from under mommy and daddy's wings. Let them live out their "empty nest" syndrome, it exists for a reason, it's part of the circle of life. What can we hope for our future if we can't even trust ourselves alone? We don't need treats and praises every time we do our job right. We don't need to be treated like dogs. We need to wake up and take up responsibilities. We need to be treated with respect. We need to become adults. Come on guys.. We can do it!
