Perhaps this article could explain an underlying reason why things happened recently in the APS School District where a child who was failing was able to graduate and and be proud of a barely passing grade. It is an interesting article though! Enjoy!--Tabbi
Blame It on Mr. Rogers: Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled
July 5, 2007; Page B5
Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, says it dawned on him last spring. The semester was ending, and as usual, students were making a pilgrimage to his office, asking for the extra points needed to lift their grades to A's.
"They felt so entitled," he recalls, "and it just hit me. We can blame Mr. Rogers."
Fred Rogers, the late TV icon, told several generations of children that they were "special" just for being whoever they were. He meant well, and he was a sterling role model in many ways. But what often got lost in his self-esteem-building patter was the idea that being special comes from working hard and having high expectations for yourself.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118358476840657463.html?mod=blog
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