hi i have to speak for 5 minutes in favour of the topic so give me appropriate answers
2007-10-12 04:01:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i have to speak tat today youths are more concerned with materialism than knowledge its disadvantages & how they r more concerned with it
2007-10-12 04:14:34 · update #1
even if u think they r more concerned with knowledge le me know how
2007-10-12 04:21:09 · update #2
i am 18 and i believe that most tennagers now care more about what they look like etc rather than their future.
kids just want to look cool, none of them realise you can look good and have a good education like me :D
and yes most teens are influenced by magazines and television which is a real shame!
2007-10-12 04:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by charley n 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes. When I look back on the amount and type of work that I was asked to do in school and compare it to the requirements of learning institutions today, it seems pretty clear to me that people are increasingly less willing to do the hard work required to acquire knowledge.
I've been teaching at the university level for nearly 20 years (and my dad has been teaching for over 40 years). When I think back just 10 years and consider the student reactions to the work I required at that time and compare it to the way they react to the work I require now, I'm frequently dismayed by the decline in their willingness to do what it takes to learn the material.
Just 10 years ago, I assigned 40 or 50 "homework" assignments each semester (along with exams and other assignments). Last semester I assigned less than 10 homework assignments. When I compare the student comments on my student evaluations (I had to do that this week for my promotion documentation), I discovered that the number of students complaining that I required "too much homework" had more than doubled in the past 10 years!
As I child, I remember hanging out at the university while my dad worked. I remember seeing students sitting around talking about a book they were studying or debating philosophy. Twenty years ago, students would bring newspaper articles and books to class to discuss and ask questions related to the material.
When I look at a typical classroom today, I see cell phones and iPods and expensive designer clothing. When I see students sitting in groups around campus, they're talking about a their possessions or a party they attended. Only two or three students in a class of 50 or 60 ever bring in outside sources of information to share and discuss.
When I first started teaching, I remember asking students why they were in college...the majority would say that they were there to learn...when I asked the same question a few semesters ago, the overwhelming majority said they were in college so they could get a better paying job!
2007-10-12 04:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by KAL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES. Overall, our youth are materialistic more so now, than in the past. Ipods, MP3s, XBox, designer clothes/accessories, etc. They text faster and better than they type or handwrite, and have their own vehicles for pleasure. The retail market targets the 12-19 age group when advertising clothes, music, cosmetics, and technological gadgets; they make the least money, but spend the most! Our youth today is lacking in the knowledge, because we don't pressure this as a high priority. Yeah, we preach the college is needed story, but what are we really doing to prepare them? I personally had 5 younger cousins, freshmen and sophomores, parents either have college education or have completed, drop out already, living at home, due to heavy partying, too stressful, flunked out already, and/or "...not everyone is for college..." They are at home, loafing, and leeching, with no aspirations of furthering their education....but have X-mas lists prepared for a Dooney&Burke purse, new Playstation, and games to accompany, and an upgraded car....
Our youth is being exposed to more of a materialistic world, without the knowledge of being able to appreciate and control it. My thoughts, friend, best wishes with your presentation.
2007-10-12 04:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is this a religious question? are you talking about spiritual knowledge, which isn't knowledge at all, but more of system of beliefs? you're supposed to speak for five minutes in favour of the topic of youths being more concerned with materialism, meaning you have to discuss the benefits of it? i'm not sure what you're asking. please clarify you question a little more.
2007-10-12 04:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just watch television any day of the week: see which shows are the most popular with the 13-25 crowd. I'm willing to bet you could do your whole 5 minutes just listing those shows, and the point would make itself.
These shows (I love NY, Strange Love, anything on MTV) are about people with money but NO common sense, respect or morals. And they sure as hell don't promote going to college.
2007-10-12 04:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by lady_phoenix39 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a futile topic, because the majority of the youth and elder have always been more concerned with materialism.
2007-10-12 04:04:54 · answer #6 · answered by Green 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all youths...
Most want knowledge more than materials..
Knowledge can last you for a life time.. materials.. I don't think so. They are just temporary satisfaction.
Knowledge will satisfy your thirst for truth and confirmation.
2007-10-12 04:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by summerblues86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were raised by the spoiled generation AKA babyboomers who were more concerned about doing their own thing, being friends rather than parents and so unlike previous generations raised by family values/ family first parents, they are at a great disadvantage in understanding what life is truly about- it isnt all about me me me but that is what they saw from their parents
2007-10-12 04:06:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although the material wealth of today’s youth the relative cost of it compared to previous generations is less.
2007-10-12 04:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, watching my younger family and their friends is like watching a train wreck. They all have cell phones, xbox 360's, computers, facebook pages and that's all they do is try to out match one another with STUFF. not KNOWLEDGE. The goals seem to shift to who has the most stuff. The amazing part is none of them have anything remotely close to what I call a job or income. They are kids.
2007-10-12 04:06:29 · answer #10 · answered by pstcc student 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why bother further educating yourself - in a land where the jobs are all sold to foreign companies - and then re-sold to us - at a marked up price.
Why not just stop the sell out government from ruining our childrens future.
2007-10-12 04:07:56 · answer #11 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋