Comments on: College students more narcissistic

By: a college sophomore

a college sophomore — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Every generation says that the generation before them is self-centered and selfish. Baby boomers just aren’t in touch with what we think is important today, which is the center of what’s really going on now, anyway, instead of their stupid worldview, anyway. What my generation is doing is what is important for the future, not THEIRS.

By: mycroft

mycroft — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Nice job. If irony was your goal, two marks!

By: college prof

college prof — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

First, I would need to see more than “two-thirds of the students had above-average scores” before I would jump on this band wagon. Where is the comprehensive statistical analysis required to make an informed decision? “See the world as I see it” is the implicit thesis of many academics and reporters. Is it possible to be more narcissistic?

Second, do “goals and ambitions” get “in the way of other things like relationships” or do one’s choice of balance among goals effect the quality of life? Personally I would hope that healthy relationships would be one of many goals we each have.

Third, is not functional independence necessary for healthy interdependence? I recently heard it said that all healthy individuals must go through the “terrible 2s.” Perhaps the problem is that some are now going through the terrible 20s, due in part to the decisions of the older generation. Is the rising generation to blame if they become what they have been trained to be? How much of this problem stems from earlier experts telling us that young people needed higher self esteem?

Finally, how is it that a college sophomore was unable or unwilling to support a thesis with more than an emotional rant? Again, is the rising generation to blame if they become what they have been trained to be?

Perhaps the more pressing questions are “How accurate is my view of the world and my place in it?” and “Am I making choices or excuses?”

By: Ms Om

Ms Om — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

> How accurate is my view of the world and my place in it?

A Buddhist!

By: college prof

college prof — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yes, many of my beliefs are most beautifully expressed by Buddhist and Taoist writings; however, this college prof is a Latter Day Saint (Mormon). . . born of a Catholic dad & a Southern Baptist mom, raised by a Lutheran grandmother . . . fyi I was an avowed agnostic for 5 years after my first cover to cover read of the Bible but the teaching of the Book of Mormon convinced me otherwise.