But some of my students who feel they "have" to hold down part-time jobs are doing so because they are buying "toys" and clothes that I don't justify on a faculty salary. Young folks seem to confuse "need" and "want" quite a bit in terms of the necessity of employment.
On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Pollak, Edward wrote: > > I wish I could send TIPS some of the blog entries written by a > young cousin of mine who was teaching English in China at some > private schools for the children of fairly wealthy families. The > poor work ethic, sense of entitlement, & lack of respect for > authority that she described (for the majority of her students) was > appalling even by modern American standards. Of course she also > describes some outstanding students but these were a decided > minority. If you consider that only the cream of the Chinese crop > get to come to the USA for study, the comparison made in the > original article is not a fair one. > > I don't mean to defend the lack of work ethic in the bulk of our > modern student body you can't compare what are likely elite Chinese > students with run-of-the-mill American students. Another factor: > the Chinese students are likely from the privileged classes and > don't have to hold down part or full time jobs while studying here. > Many of our students do. > > Ed > > > Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > West Chester University of Pennsylvania > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass > fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
