I Was There When it Really Began to Take Off

[DURHAM D]

4. As an older student I returned to college in 1980

and was stunned at the thinking of the students 20 years younger than myself. Selfish is the perfect description.


Their theory went something like this: The pie is shrinking and I don't want just my share, I want all the shares and care not about anyone else.

Speaking of self-important and entitled...the first time I heard a student ask a Professor if something would be on the test I gasped but to my amazement the professor answered the question. The professors always answered the question. When I told people my age about this phenomena they couldn't believe me so they asked their own kids. Their kids confirmed this practice and insisted that it was only fair because they didn't need to waste time on something they would not be tested on. The parent's reaction was always general concern that their kids were not getting a good education. No shit.