Comments on: A Low Expectation of our Generation http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/ Social, political, and whatever other observations Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike Hetherington http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-544 Mike Hetherington Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:44:03 +0000 http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-544 Great insight Ryan. You are fortunate to have a professor who is open-minded and willing to model critical thinking. Do not succumb to the environment of low expectations that surrounds you. Your true competitors and collaborators are not sitting next to you in class, but are half a world away and operating at a much higher academic level than your peers. Target that level and you will be very successful. Great insight Ryan. You are fortunate to have a professor who is open-minded and willing to model critical thinking. Do not succumb to the environment of low expectations that surrounds you. Your true competitors and collaborators are not sitting next to you in class, but are half a world away and operating at a much higher academic level than your peers. Target that level and you will be very successful.

]]> By: throughpaulseyes http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-283 throughpaulseyes Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:23:41 +0000 http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-283 Here's an answer to the problem. Blow em up Here’s an answer to the problem. Blow em up

]]> By: 06jk http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-240 06jk Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:31:04 +0000 http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-240 Really good insight, Ryan. I would whole-heartedly agree with you in saying that Americans aren't dumb by any means... but their attitude sucks. While our best of the best is still probably "better" than those of the rest of the world, the gap is closing quickly. Please comment more; you always have really good things to say, and I like hearing it. Really good insight, Ryan. I would whole-heartedly agree with you in saying that Americans aren’t dumb by any means… but their attitude sucks. While our best of the best is still probably “better” than those of the rest of the world, the gap is closing quickly.

Please comment more; you always have really good things to say, and I like hearing it.

]]> By: Ryan http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-239 Ryan Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:08:37 +0000 http://throughjakseyes.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-low-expectation-of-our-generation/#comment-239 Well in a way the way this country works is like double-edged sword. It's good that if people screw up along the way they can get a second chance, but on the other hand how many extra chances should a person get if they just aren't cutting it or if they just don't care. I know I mentioned this in a post about 6 months ago and you mentioned it in the quote “In China, when you’re one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you,” but in an education class I took last year we discussed the topic of how American education compares to other countries' systems. I think the four main countries we looked at were China, India, Japan, and Germany and from what I recall the conclusion was that American students are just as smart as those in other countries. The problem is the general attitude that Americans have education. Many countries specifically the Asian ones mentioned above see a higher western education as a privilege and a ticket to get ahead in life so much that it is indoctrinated in them as children, we on the other hand tend to view higher education as a right and a necessary part of growing up. That coupled with the media typically reporting on how bad schools are doing when in reality they are not, (Don't get me wrong there are schools where there are poorly-educated teachers, but usually that's only one school in a district, but the media makes the whole district look bad) leads to self-fulfilling prophecies that American students just can't be as smart as foreign students. So yes something needs to be done on our attitudes, and here is a sobering thought, if Cubano can be successful then so can I. Well in a way the way this country works is like double-edged sword. It’s good that if people screw up along the way they can get a second chance, but on the other hand how many extra chances should a person get if they just aren’t cutting it or if they just don’t care. I know I mentioned this in a post about 6 months ago and you mentioned it in the quote “In China, when you’re one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you,” but in an education class I took last year we discussed the topic of how American education compares to other countries’ systems. I think the four main countries we looked at were China, India, Japan, and Germany and from what I recall the conclusion was that American students are just as smart as those in other countries. The problem is the general attitude that Americans have education. Many countries specifically the Asian ones mentioned above see a higher western education as a privilege and a ticket to get ahead in life so much that it is indoctrinated in them as children, we on the other hand tend to view higher education as a right and a necessary part of growing up. That coupled with the media typically reporting on how bad schools are doing when in reality they are not, (Don’t get me wrong there are schools where there are poorly-educated teachers, but usually that’s only one school in a district, but the media makes the whole district look bad) leads to self-fulfilling prophecies that American students just can’t be as smart as foreign students. So yes something needs to be done on our attitudes, and here is a sobering thought, if Cubano can be successful then so can I.

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