tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2767736626368126366..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: strike - paris - kafkaOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21092366170560078662010-10-27T13:21:30.856-04:002010-10-27T13:21:30.856-04:00I think that the teenagers in France are likely in...I think that the teenagers in France are likely influenced by older individuals with an agenda the kids are unaware of.<br /><br />I have spent almost my entire life dealing with teenagers. I was out of my teen's by three years when I started teaching them. The ability to grasp and focus on something beyond the next few days is something that comes with the development of the brain. Ask any parent who has fought the college applications battle with an eighteen year-old. Deadlines are for other people, those other people being the parents and guidance counselors who have to explain, over and over, that transcripts, teacher recommendations, etc. have to be completed before school breaks for Christmas. The deadline might be January 1 but the school is closes on December 23.<br /><br />Kids have great empathy on the grand scale; they are always ready to commit to fund raisers, clothing and food drives. They are incapable of seeing themselves as senior citizens so they don't see the needs of members of their own families. They think everyone who retires is rich because they must be rich to stop working. They are masters of circular thinking. They are not so good at linear thinking.<br /><br />What changes are the students protesting? <br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-30524954785896745522010-10-27T11:20:38.003-04:002010-10-27T11:20:38.003-04:00If only our graffiti was as literary...
When I fi...If only our graffiti was as literary...<br /><br />When I first heard of the pension reforms I thought, 'Of course!' I mean, in the U.S., our retirement/oension age is 65. People live longer. Why not push the age back to save money? And surely they'd make it affective 2-5 years from now so those retiring this year aren't adversely affected.<br /><br />But I didn't know the details and I didn't know how the maternity leave impacted the plan. What a mess.<br /><br />You're right about teenagers in the U.S.--they don't get the bigger issues, nor do they think longterm. This is a truly tough problem for a country to have--both apathetic youth and the pension/economic issue.<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.com