| | i saw star trek the weekend it came out, matinee of course.. I am not a big fan of huge crowds. and the one line that really stuck out to me was that line you see in my title. for many of generations the present generations have left most if not all their unfinished task for the next generation to finish or carry. well i cannot speak for the entire human race but i can speak for the american variety as I have been a witness to such all my life.
of course every parent wants their child to do better and be better off than they were coming up. however, lets be honest about this present day americans are not sincere about wanting better for their kids because if they actually did want better for their kids they would have done better for themselves. this record level debt we have incurred as a country is a clear sign that we don't want better for our kids and grandchildren but that we expect them to rectify our mess. Let me not even begin with oncoming reck that is social security.
even if we look on the micro level parents are failing their kids at an alarming rate. most of us have sympathy and excuses for our mediocrity. I personally think it is selfish of people to have kids if they have not become their best self. some say that a kid makes you a more responsible person. I say like hell. the women and men of today are not made of the same stuff of the woman and men of a few generations back. But that is not even a fair assessment people because a few generations back had a lot more help with handling their adult responsibilities. Despite the inequity of this comparison I will say this; as an adult if you cannot seem to find the time to attend a PTA or events concerning said child then one ought to consider not having a child. And that is for both women and men. more so woman because they have these children despite the circumstances because they want to prove they can handle it or prove that they are superwomen. this amount of "i don't need that nigger" bravado that women have garnered over the years is nothing more than juvenile. you may not need that no good man but you are going to need somebody. teachers are not glorified babysitters. and even if some of them are nothing more than 7-3 babysitters there still has to be some reinforcement or supplemental fortification by said parents. the truth is, regardless of circumstances parents have largely failed their children on this front.
In my opinion I think we are all talk when we say we want our children to be better than we are. how will they ever learn to be better if we do not teach them how to go about doing better. high school dropout illiteracy rates are at record highs in this country, mostly in minorty communities. we have mothers who want their young boys to respect women but let their present boyfriends treat them like shit in the very presence of these young men. we got men/maybe baby daddies who will be damned if someone disrespects his daughter, mother, etc but go and call the next woman a bitch or treat her with all sorts of disrespect.
I think accountability is nothing but a scapegoat's word that has become overly popular in media outlets. however, we all have the universal ability to respond to our stimuli. And what is drastically needed now is an improvement to how we respond to our environment. and if it sounds like I am being unfairly critical to people or you feel some kind of way about this post then I dare you to do better.
piece and blessings.
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| | Posted 5/26/2009 9:46 PM - 18 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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