Our future students

I often wonder why my students come to me for the most mundane, absurd reasons. Can they not handle aquiring another hamster from the bookstore/petstore on their own? They cause me to lament, "WHY??!!!", while pulling my hair out and refilling my beverage of choice. I really wonder what crosses their minds when they make requests, and how they could even remotely consider that request to be a legitimate one.

Here is an example of how our students get to be the way they are.

In Colorado Springs, an easter egg hunt was cancelled. The reason cited for the cancellation: Helicopter Parents. The parents were jumping the barrier and ensuring that their child got easter eggs, as apparently children are now unable to find easter eggs on their own.

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Quoted from the article:

"That's the perfect metaphor for millennial children. They (parents) can't stay out of their children's lives. They don't give their children enough chances to learn from hard knocks, mistakes."

"I don't see any sign of it abating," he said. "It seems everything is more and more and more competitive, fast paced, and I think parents are going to see they need to do more to help their kids get an edge."

I think I need another drink.

Felix Gets His Book Back.

No extraordinary details except the book got back to me, delivered by a campus security officer.

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The next day Sad Sack Sally showed up at my office, and the following conversation "Hiramed" me (baffled).

"What did I miss while I was gone?"

"What do you mean? You missed 6 classes. I've already dropped you."

"You did? Well I just went to Belize with my parents. I thought my advisor would have told you."

"Your advisor didn't tell me anything, and you should have told me, or better, ASKED."

"Well, I'm back now. Could you add me back in?"

"No, I can't. You've missed 8 classes out of 17 now for the term. You've missed several key assignments."

"I'm sure I can make them up. I have a tutor."

"You have a tutor for this class?"

"No, he's an English tutor, but he's really smart."

"It doesn't matter. You weren't going to pass anyway, tutor or not."

"Well that sucks. I would have come back a day or two earlier from Belize had I known."

"A day or two wouldn't have mattered."

"Is this because you're mad about your book? I gave it to the policeman. You're just mad about the book, but I figured you had lots of books, that's why you lent them out."

"It's not about the book, but that didn't help."

[scene]