This is from an article on Worldnetdaily.com, complete article is at this link: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83465
“A study was just completed called “A 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth.” The Los Angeles-based organization said that the teenagers’ responses to questions about lying, stealing and cheating “reveal entrenched habits of dishonesty for the workforce of the future.” Boys were found to lie and steal more than girls. (No surprise there!) Overall, 30 percent of the students admitted to stealing from a store within the past year, a 2 percent rise from 2006. More than one-third of boys (35 percent) said they had stolen goods, compared to 26 percent of girls.
An overwhelming majority – 83 percent of public school and private religious school students – admitted to lying to their parents about something significant. The study found that “cheating in school continues to be rampant and it’s getting worse.” Among those surveyed, 64 percent said they had cheated on a test, compared to 60 percent in 2006. And 38 percent said they had done so two or more times.”
Why does this surprise anyone? Why is it news?
We have 50% or better of the families that have been through divorces. We have better than 50% of some minorities having illegitimate kids, we have politicians on both sides of the aisle that sell senate seats, rape the public by taxes, spend billions fighting an illegal war, bailout companies who have done business wrong, vote themselves raises when no one is looking.
Who do kids have to look up to?
In earlier times, we had military leaders that kids could look up to, now we have PC metrosexual males wearing our uniform and more concerned about how they look on TV than they do about the battle (not war, we have not legally declared a war since WW 2).
We have TV, rock, rap, movie, country, etc stars that have been through more divorces than average, apparently do drugs (I have to assume this to be true, explains their stupidity causes by loss of brain cells). Who star in piss poor movies and shows. Music has become nothing more than fluff without any real substance (with a few exceptions).
How about their parents? Assuming they still have their original mom and dad together, perhaps they might have a chance if they don’t bow to peer pressure at school. How many kids still live with their mommy and daddy? Not mom and step-dad or dad and step-mom.
Our kids have few hero’s to look up to. Everything you see and hear bring to light another scandal, another crime, another unethical act committed by someone who was supposed to be a leader of industry or public official or someone else of position.
Kids are pretty perceptive. When they hear about a president getting a blow job in the oval office and then say he did not have sex, they figure, why not me? Why can’t I do that if the president can?
When they hear about business’ doing everything wrong and then running crying to the government asking for a bailout, they figure, well, why do I have to try in school? If I get poor grades, wont’ be my fault, let the school bail me out.
When they hear our president lie to them on national TV about events leading up to our invasion of Iraq and then invade a country resulting in 10 of thousands of deaths on both sides, why should they care about studying about the Constitution on school? It is obvious by the actions of the government that the document is no longer valid so why study it?
We have no more strong leaders. The few we do have, like Dr. Ron Paul, don’t have a chance in making it into the white house because they believe in the Constitution. They believe in doing what is right.
Our teenagers are only emulating the behaviors of our most prominent citizens.
Why are we surprised?
We have boiled down to 3 types of people in my opinion.
Sheep, or Sheeple-99.5% of the US population
Sheepherders-politicians, corporations, media types, etc that herd the sheep in the direction they want
them to go and finally
Wolves-we are few but strong and fiercely independent. We don’t believe everything we hear and say, we think for ourselves and do the right thing, well, most of the time.
Fuck the sheep and their herders; I’ll stick with my pack or lone-wolf it.
Randal
