(09-17-2017 09:40 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(09-15-2017 10:23 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(09-15-2017 10:07 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(09-15-2017 08:45 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(09-14-2017 04:42 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  I come at it from a different perspective as well. I would contend that in the US we are nurturing a very narcissistic society. And the internet can easily provide an unlimited supply for people to obtain said high. One of the myriad of problems with narcissism if you lack the other dark triad components is that it results in a very fragile ego. IMO the vitriol displayed on the internet is a form of self defense for a lot of people.

if the ability to communicate effectively is suppressed, then economic progress flat lines....

the internutz is simply the latest version of the "antichrist"....

the unfortunate result is why this thread was created....and the posit that it pulls out narcissism in the individual is more easily achieved...

IMO, 'smart' phones are to humanity as a pacifier to a drooling tyke....

Just wait until K-12 becomes an online event. At least when it is brick and mortar, there remains a higher eschelon of people that learn to communicate, negotiate, and get schit done... but how much cheaper would it be to present the material online. Could probably cut 80% of the budget in facilities and do the work in an entire school district with only a handful of teachers by automating the grading and submitting lessons as prerecorded webinars. No more busses to deal with either. I betcha when the debt gets called and the money stops flowing from Dee Cee and a few more school shooting sprees occur, 'dem local yahoos gonnah see dolla sines and contractors are going to be tripping all over themselves to develop solutions.

It's already happening. Brick and Mortar schools are decreasing as more and more people are choosing to home school their kids.

I don't have a problem with it. It's their right to do so. I do see however how a kids social skills are greatly diminished by it.

I've seen first hand how ill prepared children who are home schooled are when it comes to socializing with other kids.

Public school kids eat them alive.

My observation is that they are much better at socializing with adults.

funny how things work out when the kid/parent actually have to perform work instead of only using their thumbs....

teachers today are amazingly ill equipped to handle this generation.....

and what is the root of the problem?????????

#AUTOMATION in the classroom......

it's pathetic how today's gen is being 'trained'.....

hell, even back in my day, our 10th grade geometry teacher had to abandon teaching postulate, corollary, and theorem discipline due to the overall lack of ability from the class...was simply one more thing I learned myself whilst the dunces listened to regurgitation....