Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 10, 2020

I guess this where the philosophy of “I take no responsibility at all” started.

In the interviews between my parents and the teachers the negative subject was me. And they were right because I was guilty .But it was the early 1970s

Welcome to the entitled generation. The same ones who were at the FL beaches for the we deserve Spring break, while the virus was spreading.

Hell, if you pay for it, you are a customer, not a student !

Sad but true, even more so today.

Silver Lining Dept. The parents of the kids getting homeschooled this month are never, ever going to be able to blame the teaches for their kids lousy results!

I struggled in high school. Neither my folks or the teachers ever talked with me to try to find a solution. Some of my classes were just over my head.

Last panel looks like Rand Paul…

And this must change.

I think they need to take responsibility before they are given trust. That being said, if they aren’t held responsible how do we give them trust? Yeah, I am talking about ‘affluenza’.

The school mailed our report cards home. Then we played a game called Intercept the Letter.

Apparently the kid in the last panel is not Dan Crenshaw.

Anyone with the anthologies know the original publication dates of this one? I’m thinking late 80s – early 90s. I’m trying to put generations to this.- the prof and prez from the Greatest gen- students the last trickle of the Boomers, or leading edge of Gen x. (I’m dead centre Gen x)Either way, this is not a new issue. Every generation thinks the one(s) following is a bunch of lazy idiots.

People have always tried to pin the blame of their own failures on someone or something else.

The sad fact is that some parents will blame the teacher(s) for their child/children’s poor grades and then complain when there are few teachers around to teach their child/children.

“Blame the messenger” never gets old. It’s the law in today’s White House.

My father was a teacher. He said if 1 or 2 students fail it’s their own fault (not studying, etc.), but if several students are failing it’s the teacher’s fault (not being effective at explaining the subject matter).

I have to join in here and say it is a lot more complicated that what people are saying. I was a gifted student, but the abusive environment I grew up in left me shy and afraid to speak up for myself. As a result, I was often overlooked and even discouraged. While some students got praise and encouragement for their achievements, mine were greeted with indifference. I remember in the 4th grade the class was divided into 2 groups; slow readers and fast readers. I was in the fast reader group, but could still read faster and with greater comprehension that my classmates. Rather than encourage me or make special provisions, the teacher would get mad at me at tell me “slow down. You’re reading too fast for the other children”. I made A’s in elementary school (Mississippi schools weren’t much of a challenge), but by the time I got to high school I was so filled with depression and educational lethargy I struggled to get by.

It seems to me there are an awful lot of people posting here who are convinced they know all about the “lazy younger generation” but exhibit no evidence of any experience with said generation. I agree with everyone who says that every generation thinks the younger generations are worthless.

The person with the least power is the person who is guilty.