So there was a knife attack on Florida State University campus. I was reading through the article, and seeing and knowing where it happened was interested.
FSU student Justus Hooker said, "That actually was surprising because who would've thought that someone would be bold enough to come on a campus full of students, 40,000 students, and just start robbing."
FSU student Sarah Eva added, "I was very surprised because walking around campus, I feel totally safe. I'm usually not concerned about those things."
I personally feel ok walking around campus, and many other places, but I wouldn't be surprised at this. I wouldn't be surprised today or 25 years ago. When I went to school here, we didn't have the little phones or "safe places" marked. At 18, I walked a lot around parts of Tallahassee. Maybe I was a little paranoid back then, but knowing who and what was around you was a subconscious awareness. I've walked through much worse places during my life, including SW DC. You don't have to be in fear all the time, but to think you're just safe in places by default, is naive.
In a perfect world there would be no need for "safe spaces".
Since we do not live in a perfect world, everyone should have a means to defend yourself.
Some people are clueless as to their surroundings
“Naive” seems to kind a word for such feelings. The students are talking feelings. What they should be doing is thinking not feeling. Feeling safe is not being safe. Being safe requires thought processes whether you want to be safe from violence, a car accident, falling down steps, or any other possible cause of harm. I see a lack of thought process in many younger people. That is a result of inadequate education, mindless social communication which lead to a decline in self awareness because on reality.
I just went to college at the age of 52 and ultimately earned a Masters degree by the age of 58. I can say with certainty that schoolin ain't the same as it was. History ain't the same as I learned it. The one constant? 0-9 are still the same. That's about it. It's soo much easier than the learning I was made to do in the 60's-70's.
What is more concerning is the belief that government is the answer to everything.......
I think they tried that in Russia back in 1917.....but that would have been before the Millenials were born and not currently discussed on Vox or Vice or the latest 'news' outlet on Facebook.... :tired:
Yeah, but one has to consider that millinneals are spoon fed a really dumbed down and touchy-feely curriculum. Educational attainment is defined downward as they are shoved out of the schoolhouse door, be it high school or college.
Second chart only validates the premise of dumbed-down. Let 'em gain the experience of going to the school of life for a decade or two and their notion of what the government can and should do will change.
Education does not equate to knowledge.
These kids are leaving high school, actually graduating high school with 8th grade reading comprehension.
Take a look at the courses being offered at colleges in the liberal arts department. Your head would spin.
Are they graduating college with a liberal arts degree or science and technology.
The devil is in the details. Polls are misleading.
Many Millennials I encounter at work do not know how to work independently, they need constant supervision to stay on track
No problem solving skills.
It's not just millennials. I find that to be the mindset of people in general. Otherwise, everyone would be carrying a gun. The eternal "Things like that don't happen here" syndrome.
I'll add that when I went to FSU in the 90s, anyone with a brain knew the campus was dangerous at night - it's a few blocks from a low rent area, and there were multiple rapes and muggins on campus every year (besides the one's perpetrated by the football team).
That said, I work with a millennial, and he matches the stereotype very well. He tries hard, but just isn't very well equipped for military service.
The most fervent hope of many "professors" today is that upon entering the lecture hall every student will turn their brains off and enter an alpha wave state, thereby taking everything said as absolute gospel truth.
I have regularly counseled parents seeking advice on a quality place of "higher education" for their kids, to go sit in a few classes and pay close attention. A great many came back and said they were appalled.
Surveys and studies on education??? One must remember that most of the so-called "studies" are conducted by people whose idea of mathematics is 1+1=dope party.
Do I sound bitter? You bet! One of the great things about American institutions of higher education used to be their ability to graduate kids who could make a difference in their world. Today they graduate indoctrinated imbeciles whose only contribution is to a state of higher idiocy.
I had twenty sets of aunts and uncles born in the south in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Most of them quit school from the 8th. grade to the 10th. grade and grew up on farms. They had better educations than most college students today. Only a very few of the youngest got a college degree. They were all successful adults.
I love the look of disbelief cashiers have when I make a purchase and hand them the exact change to include the tax, and I did not use a calculator or pencil and paper.
or, the frightened look on their face when the bill is $4.08 and you hand them a 5 dollar bill and and a dime. I've had someone give me the "dime" back and tell me that was too much.
Thanks to leftists, our Republic is probably doomed. The Founding Fathers told us exactly what to do to keep it, but too many ignored that directive. Sad.
I stopped at a restaurant for breakfast a couple of days ago. There were six young women at a table next to me. All six had their iPhones out and were showing, comparing, and critiquing selfies of themselves for over a half-hour. I could tell what they looked like by just looking at them.
In that chart on generation and education, I don't see categories for "real life experience," "military service" or "The School of Hard Knocks." What does formal education have to do with perception of safety from crime?
I also agree with the previous observation that it is not just millennials. Millennials are getting these ideas mostly from boomer professors, politicians and journalists. There is a pervasive soft-headedness in our society that says, "I can't, or am too lazy to, provide what I think I need and want, so government should do it. There is plenty of money around, so spend some of it on me, for the simple reason that I am breathing and I want it."
In that chart on generation and education, I don't see categories for "real life experience," "military service" or "The School of Hard Knocks." What does formal education have to do with perception of safety from crime?
I also agree with the previous observation that it is not just millennials. Millennials are getting these ideas mostly from boomer professors, politicians and journalists. There is a pervasive soft-headedness in our society that says, "I can't, or am too lazy to, provide what I think I need and want, so government should do it. There is plenty of money around, so spend some of it on me, for the simple reason that I am breathing and I want it."
Ka-bingo! My generation did a poor job of preparing children for the real world. Our parents early years sucked so badly that they did everything they could to shield us from things they had to deal with. The result is a generation with a high percentage of pollyannas. This is by no means universal (our military kicks ass!), but it's all too often true. The weaklings gravitate toward professions that have a largely theoretical basis (schoolteaching, law, ...) and pass these issues along. We reap the result.
Back to the original topic of this thread...violence.
The poor millennials have grown up under a media conspiracy that has been so ANTI-gun, ANTI-self-protection that the media has presented a lopsided and unrealistic picture of the potential dangers posed by evil people. As a consequence, these young folks walk around thinking they are safe from REAL physical danger have have instead focused on their narcissistic feelings.
I have told a young person at the LGS that a full signature is required on the form 4473. He asked if it included his middle name. He had to check his driver's license to spell his middle name and then he printed his name because he was not taught cursive.
The employee should have shredded the 4473 and put the gun back on the shelf. However, I think cursive is stupid.
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