Old School vs New Age School

I happened to read an article in The Newpaper regarding education. It is quite interesting. Qulification Education vs Real Education. I shall not touch on this topic because i have already written some of them in my past entries. Another thing that i discussed today with my colleague is about Old School Teachers & Students vs New Age Teachers & Students. Students, including the youth, in this modern epoch is not robust at all. I was told that schooling era between the 60s and late 80s is much different from now. Teachers are 'Gods'. If you were to go for a meet-the-parents session at that time, all you will get will be pinches and scolding (excluding after-the-meet-the-parents session beatings). Parents at that time agreed totally with their children's teachers. They advocated their children's teachers. Look at the present moment and you will see a major difference. Parents nowadays are too protective, so much so that they pampered their children too much. Too much of a good thing is bad for your children. Obviously teachers have a better picture of what the students need and thus going against teachers' view on your children is not a healthy habit. Good disciples are made from fierce masters. Always adhere to this advice. In another area, the modern youth is not robust. Robust in this term means self-motivated, independence and tough physically and mentally. The youth in 60s and 80s did not have cool gadgets and games to play with and thus they spent most of their time playing physical sports. Fights too amongst youth were rampant in those days. They too did nasty and notorious activities. Their activities might be deemed sinful, unacceptable and immoral in today's context but it was those activities that made the youth then more robust than the youth today. Anyway, they are just kids. Their parents thus should teach them between what is wrong and right. In retrospect, the youth then tend not to break down easily when they face challenges and failure as compared to the current youth. They are better at picking themselves up when they fail. Sigh. That's that. Anyway, i watched WWE just now and they were did this tribute to the US troops in Iraq. They actually wrestled in Baghdad just for the troops. Gosh. Something new. Refreshing. Pfffft. They executed Saddam Hussein recently. Sad day for us. I admit Saddam is evil but you simply can not fight evil with evil. Damn wrong. Futhermore, Saddam's justice trial was flawed. There is some foreign powers intervention and influence. Bush is a crap. Too bad USA has a twirp for a president. One good thing i like about the US is it's national anthem. Quite meaningful. If you happen to understand it's lyric and sing it with gusto, the words from the anthem will move you to tears. I am damn serious. No wonder the Americans are so patriotic. Anyway, Bush is still a crap. I call it Bush Shit. Aight, i'm supposed to tuck in early today. My left eye is swollen because of insufficient sleep these recent days. Here's something to ponder and look upon... Your Courage I Envy. Your Bravery For All To See. Your Bad I Ignore. Your Legacy Forever More. Thank You For The Memories Saddam.