"TRY HARDER"

I'm SICK and TIRED!

Sick and Tired of the "oh poor me" and "why didn't I get one?" and "let's make them all happy" and "we can't leave them out"

NO MORE! I had an interesting conversation yesterday discussing how we are sick and tired of just making everything a "paved way" for people in society. We always have to give "everyone a certificate" at the year end assembly so "they won't get their feelings hurt". Or give them 10 tries to get it right and get a sticker just like the person who got it right the first time. Or we can't give a zero because we want "Everyone to succeed".

What are we doing here? That's right- we are raising a bunch of babies for society and leading them to believe that nothing in life is hard and that you have to work for nothing!

It's amazing how when I was in school, it was a HUGE deal to get an A in your classes. My students today have no idea what an A, B, C, D, or F even is when it comes to a grading scale. It means absolutely NOTHING to them. I'm tired of that! I remember in high school, and you will laugh when you read this next part, but there was always a bulletin board sign up in the band hall that read "TRY HARDER!!!!" It's time for our society to start- TRYING HARDER.

I'm tired of giving in to everyone because "they might get their feelings hurt". But yet, we sit around and moan and groan about our world and how people act these days. Ummmm hello? Could this not be a possibility? Look at the world of employees. Nobody in this next generation WANTS to work for anything. They want to work when THEY want to work, take off whenever THEY want to take off, never work a weekend, and get the paycheck for it. They don't want to be told NO over anything, period. I feel like we are babying everyone nowadays and so when it comes time for the "real world" they still want to be babied.

I say....NO MORE! Used to, there were these awards given in school. Most improved- Citizenship-Top Scholar- A Honor Roll and AB Honor Roll.
Now- we get to give "Most Creative Student, Most Helpful Student, Best Writer, Best Storyteller, Best Artist, Most musical, Best personality, etc, etc"

Whatever! That's a joke, and you sitting here reading this know that I'm right! People tell me that I will feel differently when my kid is the one sitting in the audience not getting the award, but you know what? I don't think I will. I remember that I strived hard all throughout the year b/c I knew that AB honor roll certificate was given and how EMBARASSED I would feel if I didn't get atleast that one because then people would know that I made less than B's and that is not how I wanted to be portrayed. I remember my mom would always tell me "Suck it up, you got to try harder" She never said "Well you deserved it sweetheart, that teacher was wrong". The ONLY time she ever said that to me was when I truly didn't get a certain award my senior year that was mine.... but the teacher completely didn't give it to me out of SPITE and not by the handbook rules of who had the most points. To this day, I'm still ticked about it -- so don't ask! It's still touchy!

Ok- Off my soap box---for now!