Good article, and I agree with it wholeheartedly. My parents always make me call my friend's parents or my parent's friends Mr. or Mrs. whatever. And I was never taught that I should be given things just because. Of course you have to earn your grades. Also, I believe my parents always disciplined me properly. If I ever did something bad as a kid, my parents would always make sure I stopped doing what I was doing by one way or another. I literally can't believe people would ask their professors to boost their grade when they didn't even earn it. Oh and by the way Mr. Rogers was one of my favorite shows as a kid!
halo Reviewed by halo on . Blame It on Mr. Rogers! Blame It on Mr. Rogers: Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled July 5, 2007; Page B5 MOVING ON By JEFF ZASLOW WSJ Online Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, says it dawned on him last spring. The semester was ending, and as usual, students were making a pilgrimage to his office, asking for the extra points needed to lift their grades to A's. "They felt so entitled," he recalls, "and it just hit me. We can blame Mr. Rogers." Rating: 5