Re:The Problem with Delhi's Rich Kids
by Florin_Andrei on Monday August 19, 2013 @02:28PM
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It's as if we require an optimal amount of adversity (which is not zero), on every level, in order to be at our best. Too much and we snap like twigs. Too little, and we get these depressed rich kids - the yearning to achieve, to overcome, is frustrated for not finding anything to get traction against, and the motivational mechanisms withdraw their participation.
If true, this has enormous implications for education in general. I'm thinking of all the trophies my kids got in school just for showing up.
these young people have a short time to enjoy. india is in big trouble
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It takes focus and delayed gratification to create such purpose, however. These values are not immediately apparent to young people. The article is correct that they must be taught by parents or perhaps even society. That is, if we want well-off young people to make themselves useful earlier.