As I complete this term's group of SLOGS (excerpts from the Student Logs I keep on each student in my classes)-- I am struck by the growing level of "dancer" mentality among the Millennials. I have students from all over the world in my classes --- and these students are often the children of "Baby Boomer" parents, many of whom chose either the academic/artistic or simply the artistic lifestyle. These children then are often exotic (because of being born in other countries, in an "artistic" family life) with few conventional leanings.
Often they are "vegan" -- at least partially so (and usually not too dogmatically in their own lives). But they truly think they have worked out the "big picture" of life. For example: healthy exercise and avoiding animal proteins leads to long life and happiness for all! (God forbid that nature should overwhelm such nurture!) The gaps in their education are wide indeed -- contemporary science, current changes in science/technology, most ancient cultures/languages, and human development generally. Instead they substitute the sweet rhythms of their own ideas/music/meditation to assuage those weaknesses.
Just because you are 25, privileged, and with little formal education beyond primary school, and have attended the "school of life (actual profile)" -- doesn't make you a prophet for the rest of us. YOU DON'T KNOW ENOUGH! Be humble; understand what you lack; learn; listen; grow -- in balance, not arrogance. All of us should and must follow that same advice.
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