2007-09-03 08:48:19 · 13 answers · asked by L.A. 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Yes there are more opportunities but most people are too stupid or too lazy to take them.
2007-09-03 09:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, there are a lot more opportunities. But on the flip side, I have also seen a lot less motivation in people. Particularly from those born in this country. I find that those from other countries that have been born with less and have less opportunities handed to them , tend to go farther than those who are born here with more opportunities (especially among the younger folks).
Those who have experienced suffering and going without tend to be more motivated (and interesting). When a young person has been given too much, it tends to make them lazier, unfocused and blander. Just look at Paris Hilton. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth and yet is famous for doing nothing of importance..
2007-09-03 14:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by eric r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Things are so much freer and there are so many choices for everyone. You are not expected to act in a pat manner despite the fact it is contrary to your character. Education is available to everyone and it wasn't 50 years ago. I believe that education is the most important thing anyone can do for themselves. It allows them to go anywhere and talk to anyone. It opens all those doors and gives you all those opportunities. All you have to do is make the right choices and do the work. Fifty years ago you were most likely going to be pretty much like your father or mother and would not have a better lot in life. It was a big deal when it was obvious that people's children were living better than their parents(I think late 60's or 70's). You have the ability to dig yourself out of anything now and be most anything you want.
2007-09-03 09:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That all depends on what your definition of improved life is.. there are more assistance programs in the fight against poverty, but that is countered by a never ending decline in the economy...a poor person can get food stamps / boxes to eat, but if they don't have a place to launder clothes it costs 3 dollars a load at the mat. you can get loans for college, but if you have to start work at 16 to help support your family what good will that do? and with the ever increase in population, and decline in open jobs, it gets worse... so i would say no
even though more assistance programs are in place to give people a step up, that step is already filled with people slipping off...Thank you baby boomers for an instant double in population :(
If your speaking as far as emotional growth and reaching a state of zen ... that all depends on the individual...
2007-09-03 09:06:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jayce E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, life is'nt any way as stable as it used to be. Nothing lasts longer than 5 minutes and education....well, everyone and their grandmother has a degree, or two, yet still can't get out of the temporary parttime job scene. Students have debt from the minute they start their study. The banks throw overdrafts and credit at them but where are the promised jobs at the end of their studies. Futile.
2007-09-03 09:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are more opportunities now than in the fifties. Now you can change your life for the better even if you were born from a disadvantage family, but only if you are determined to. As now there are lot of educational opportunities & employment training opportunities than they were in the 1950s.
2007-09-03 09:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by soraya 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clearly, yes ...and in far, far more ways too than ever there has been in the past.
The amount of education available here on the Internet ~ the sheer wealth and weight of knowledge ~ although my request at university a few years ago to be 'taught how to learn' seemed to fall on deaf ears.
What I came to understand is that 'Information' is just that, but it is when it is turned into something else and is applied, then it becomes really useful and acquires values.
Sash.
2007-09-03 09:46:39 · answer #7 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, most people in the US cannot singly support themselves on a full time job that requires no college education. You used to be able to go out after high school/military, get a job, buy a car and a house. Now you are lucky if you find a good paying job in your field after college.
2007-09-03 09:03:00 · answer #8 · answered by Maddy Jinx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say probably not. The cost of living is so high these days that young people have very little chance to purchase their own homes, further education is too expensive for many to take advantage of and things like apprenticeships are not easy to come by. Its very sad isn't it.
2007-09-03 22:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by alex s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
If your born to a rich family, you have a good life, if your working class, you have a bad life and the little bits and pieces of luck and lotteries and fame inbetween is to keep the clones (us) happy. If you thought you would always work in a warehouse and everyone on TV worked in a warehouse, no one would accept life for what it is.
There is no more or less opporunities, it depends on birth, education, and lies.
2007-09-03 09:04:09 · answer #10 · answered by clarky 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes there are,but most people will arhue so much for what they don't,and get exactly that.It has nothing to do with stupidity as one of the responders said,but lack of motivation,and awareness.The masses build mental obstacles,that to them are physical.
2007-09-03 14:39:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋