Why are people so rude and disrespectful? This is a question I've asked myself alot lately.
First there's people who live in sunny places who think they need to make snide comments to those of us braving winter here in the mid-west. What's up with that? I mean, do I try to make people living in warm climates feel bad when we have a beautiful snowfall? NO! I know this person was raised to be sensitive and caring. What has turned his heart so cold? Maybe it's that cruel business world he lives in. Taking people's homes away was bound to catch up to him sooner or later!
Then there's my teaching partner Chad. He can be very rude when he doesn't get his way. Much like the 12 year olds we teach. Can I help it that he has had to cover many things for me this year because of my internship? Can I help it that I have a student teacher now in the afternoons while he has to teach? No! He wants to take cheap shot statements like..."It's all about you this year!" I have done nothing to deserve this treatment except be there with a listening ear whenever it was needed. He should be ashamed.
Seriously...I have recently been told about a chatroom comprised on Indiana Wesleyan Students discussing issues. I got on to look around. I was so shocked and disappointed in the comments I was reading. The most upsetting to me was the ongoing debate about chapel attendance. My friend, Lynn Munday is the assistant to the chaplain so part of her job is to "Police" chapel. The comments written on this site about her were really terrible. She was called names such as Chapel Nazi, MegaBeast, Alien, etc. These students are so incredibly rude and disrespectful. I don't know about now, but when I attended, I was aware that I had chosen a Christian University and that chapel attendance was required. If you hate church, why would you go to a private, extremely expensive,Christian college? This baffles me. A cheap state school where you can party till your heart's content is right down the road. I remember being frustrated when I was in college about some of the rules, but I chose to go there knowing what they were. I was also taught to show respect for people in authority. Where has this novel idea gone? I see it in the kids in my classroom. Many think they will tell me what they are going to do. It really is alarming. It thought that it was just a stage and that as they age and mature, they will come around, but after reading the writings of these college students, I'm not so sure. I'm not sure what the answer is, any thoughts?
3 comments:
I sure am glad I raised you right! I am so proud of your stand against rude disrespectful people. But there are more of the good people out there, we just have to look harder to find them! Hang in there, spring is right around the corner!
Love you,
Mom
I am not sure. But I know that the generations see more disrespect on TV and other places than we ever did as a child. Parents have begun to allow "other" people to teach their children how to behave. I would have never dreamed of acting the way I have seen children act towards other adults. If I would have told your mom or mom to be quiet like I saw a child do to his mother the other day they would not have hestiated to "correct" my behavior. In this case the parent was on her cell phone and did not even her acknowledge the child was with her. Maybe that is the problem children act that way till they get our attention. They try and try until the finally need to resort to bad behavior to get our reaction. I like the world is to opposed with acheivement of wordly gain. They think that if I put to more hours in and get on more promotion that will change my life. No where in the Bible I own does it saw those who have achieved the most get the biggest mansion in heaven. At the end of the day parents need to see that the greatest legacy we will leave behind here on earth is our children. No one will remember how great I was at this or that what they will see as a testament to my life is my children.
Enough of that let me please address your comments in today's rant. I don't view my comments as rude more as a reminder that God is great. I was driving to work this morning (sunny and 65) and was looking at the sky(eyes on the road John) and realized that God as the Creator was a genious. He created a world where in one part of it is warm and sunny and in the other part it is cold and frigid. Here I can walk outside in shorts in January and somewhere else people must bundle up and in layers and layers and layers of clothes just to keep their blood from literally freezing. Praise the Lord for the wonderful world he has created and turn the air up it is getting hot!!! Love ya cuz!!! Good Rant!
Good points John! I know that there are alot of good people, but the negative sure seem to outweigh the positive most of the time. At least they're more vocal so they get noticed more.
I'm glad you get to experience God's majesty each morning all through the year. I'll pray for you during hurricane season! ;)
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