I have been doing some thinking and reasoning here. (Caution, this may be dangerous). At this point I have come to the conclusion that overall American has lost its fire, its hunger and we are all looking for someone to blame.
I teach science, mainly, and some social studies to 10-12 year olds. Same lessons every year. We are currently going through the industrial revolution. It got me to thinking that what made this country great was that we did not have it all. We wanted more. We wanted our independence from taxation of the King of England, we wanted our own land, we wanted a better life.
We, as a country, achieved our goals. We have our comfort, we have leisure time and all the toys anyone could want. Yeah, I know, as individuals we always want more but we do not ache for it, we just want it. That comfort has made us fat and lazy. Our citizens are busy blaming anyone and everyone for our education, taxation, and budget problems. We are not paying attention to the fact that other countries are hungry and, with technology, they have the tools to take over our position in the world. We sit around complaining and yearning for the good old days.
Collectively, we do not see that getting up and being productive is the biggest factor that can help this country and ourselves. We can't see the biggest problem we have is the person in the mirror.
Maybe I'm slow, I dunno. I'm trying to put a lot of pieces of this puzzle together and make sense of what I see and where we are going. I am also looking at opportunities, not just complaining.
Not sure if anyone wants to comment, just expressing some recent observations.
PS, for all the newbies. Notice no mention was made of politics or religion. That is because those topics are not allowed on this forum. Please be courteous and observe forum rules.
I teach science, mainly, and some social studies to 10-12 year olds. Same lessons every year. We are currently going through the industrial revolution. It got me to thinking that what made this country great was that we did not have it all. We wanted more. We wanted our independence from taxation of the King of England, we wanted our own land, we wanted a better life.
We, as a country, achieved our goals. We have our comfort, we have leisure time and all the toys anyone could want. Yeah, I know, as individuals we always want more but we do not ache for it, we just want it. That comfort has made us fat and lazy. Our citizens are busy blaming anyone and everyone for our education, taxation, and budget problems. We are not paying attention to the fact that other countries are hungry and, with technology, they have the tools to take over our position in the world. We sit around complaining and yearning for the good old days.
Collectively, we do not see that getting up and being productive is the biggest factor that can help this country and ourselves. We can't see the biggest problem we have is the person in the mirror.
Maybe I'm slow, I dunno. I'm trying to put a lot of pieces of this puzzle together and make sense of what I see and where we are going. I am also looking at opportunities, not just complaining.
Not sure if anyone wants to comment, just expressing some recent observations.
PS, for all the newbies. Notice no mention was made of politics or religion. That is because those topics are not allowed on this forum. Please be courteous and observe forum rules.
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