Re: Jimmy Bruno has had surgery


Max Leggett wrote:
On 2 Mar 2006 09:15:18 -0800, "tomsalvojazz" <tomsalvo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

AMEN!

As a human resources administrator, I have experienced the same
shocking attitude changes among the workforce, and particularly the
younger applicants (and I am under 40...). It is frightening. I see
it every day manifested in horrible communication skills, a total lack
of respect for authority, poor etiquette and dress, a disregard for
fundamental social values, etc.


That comes from the, "You're as good as everyone else and don't need
to prove anything," which leads to an expectation that things will be
handed to you on a plate with no effort on your part. If someone has,
say, a BMW, and you don't, it's because they've ripped you off
somehow. You're entitled to everthing and needn't work for any of it.
Just yesterday there was released a report that showed that students
from Chinese families generally outperformed other students: this was
attributed to a better work ethic and support at home. Immediately,
and I mean immediately, a sap high up in the education ministry
lambasted the report, saying that it was wrong to praise some people
at the expense of others. P*ss on your work ethic, pal, all the
students are above average; we'll just dumb everything down so you can
have straight As, too. Education has ceased to be about learning and
become a consumer product - if people can't get a decent job without a
degree, then just make it easier to get a degree: it's only a piece of
paper, you're entitled to it just as much as the person who pays
attention, takes notes, and does the assignments. The reason North
Americans are losing serious ground econmically is that the work force
is so badly educated - they can't think well enough to be productive.
By 'work force' I'm including management as well as the people on the
shop floor. The incidence of inflated grades at the university level,
including Harvard, Yale, Oxford, is a major concern to educators, but
they seem powerless to do anything about it. If Johnny wants straight
As, he'll take his tuition where they'll give him straight As. It's
only a piece of paper to be purchased. As to television, it produces
shallow, passive receptacles with an attention span of 7 seconds and
no capacity of critical thought. The politician's dream - sheep who
will vote as they're told - but a cultural and economic disaster. The
best thing you can do for your children, and yourself, is throw the
television in the garbage; it's a shallow, trite, slatternly, medium
that, through it's ubiquity, has produced a shallow, trite, slatternly
society.






















You're right about watching TV; it
contributes quickly to one's cynicism!

The fact that at least some of us are cognizant of the phenomenon is
reassuring, and as long as we, as individuals, continue to strive for
the preservation of morals and values and integrity (in music and
elsewhere), then it means that we can keep the faith, even if it is
within our own relatively small circle.




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Without music, life is a mistake.
Freidrich "Hep Daddy" Nietzsche
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I'm 50, recently I had the opportunity to have breakfast with my 18 y/o
nephew-in-law, he has just completed boot camp and will be starting on
an electronics degree in the navy after his leave. The kid is
incredible, decisive; clarity of though; direct talker; respectful; a
healthy outlook toward the opportunity to work; magnetically
pursuasive; refreshing; not above helping others below or above him
succeed; listens before he speaks. I'm not saying everyone needs boot
camp to instill this, but I'm saying that some students you meet just
exude "class act" from every pore of their bodies, and others dont. I
had some classmates in college with this charisma who were not
military, I looked up to them, the vibe they gave was that they were
"stand up guys" and they were natural leaders. Who knows where that
kind of class act charisma comes from but I want it.

.

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