Why as children are we taught or led to believe that life is supposed to be easy and we can get any job we want only to find out later in life that the world is a cold lonely place filled with murder pain and violence and no one gets what they deserve?
2006-08-07 13:33:02 · 8 answers · asked by n8boi02 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I mean the first real world experience that I can remember ever having was an extremely mild understanding of how ATM machines work and that came from the SNES game Earthbound. Sure I've had a few others since then but as far as I can remember that was the first.
2006-08-09 05:21:58 · update #1
And all I ever hear about on the news is about how someone got shot, injured and or killed.
2006-08-09 05:27:01 · update #2
The global economy, like everything else, is designed to keep power in the hands of a relative few. The public school system in the US is woefully underfunded, and doesn't prepare people for life in the real world...(unless your a scientist or mathematician, most advanced algebra is useless in your day to day life). The feds introduced the "no child left behind" act, yet never truly funded it. I've personally seen school districts sued for a child being held back...and losing because it hurt the kid's self esteem. It doesn't help that so many people grow up having to ignore their health because of costs, and seeing these executives making multi million dollar retirement packages, while the people making them that money can barely afford to retire.
It's not all doom and gloom though. If you live in a high crime area, work hard, save up, and move. If you want better than you have, do the same. People in the US aren't taught to uphold personal responsibility, and work hard. The gov't, while sharing some of the blame, isn't completely to blame. It has to start at the individual level.
2006-08-07 13:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world is filled with murder, pain, and violence, but it is also filled wtih healing, joy, and peacemakers. It doesn't have to be a cold and lonely place if you reach out to others and treat others as you'd like to be treated.
As far as your parents not telling you the truth about the economic system, it's never too late to get realistic.
2006-08-07 20:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by cassandra 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because parents want to protect us from that kind of stuff, so they they don't tell us about it.
Technically, they don't lie, they just leave that part of life out when they talk to us. They kinda "candy-coat" everything. They might think we'd get scared if they told us it wasn't easy.
Well, maybe we would...mayber we wouldn't. The fact is? that's life. and we all just have to either deal with it, or try to do something about it. It's whatever you want to do.
2006-08-07 20:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Orange ♥Mocha♥ Frappuccino 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, children probably wouldn't be able to process the hard truths of life. Also, the facts can make one not even want to try. However, Jesus is there for you, so it's not all bad.
2006-08-07 20:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, who crapped in your Wheaties this morning? Lower your expectations and be happy. Everybody thinks they deserve the world - nobody deserves anything but air. The rest is icing on the cake. No matter how bad you have it , or how good you have it, somebody has it better, or worse.
2006-08-07 20:44:24 · answer #5 · answered by Sleepy Mike 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's not what my parents taught me. They made sure I knew that life was going to be hard and that I would have to work to achieve my goals.
2006-08-07 20:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Sirena 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the "average" Joe has to take care of the above & below average Joes!
2006-08-07 22:44:49 · answer #7 · answered by lovinlife 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because he is average and not willing to change.
2006-08-07 20:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by artpoz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋