- In addition to disparaging routine labor, these films discount the hard work that enables individuals to reach the top of their professions. Turbo and Dusty don't need to hone their craft for years in minor-league circuits like their racing peers presumably did. It's enough for them simply to show up with no experience at the world's most competitive races, dig deep within themselves, and out-believe their opponents. They are, in many ways, the perfect role models for a generation weaned on instant gratification.
It is strange that effort is so under-appreciated when it is the one common factor in success. Kids should learn how to endure boredom, rejection, and failure. You can not get very far in life without the tools to do so. If you shelter your child from these experiences, then they will be helpless in the face of them.
No one is special. However, some people manage to do special things.
- It is strange that effort is so under-appreciated when it is the one common factor in success. Kids should learn how to endure boredom, rejection, and failure. You can not get very far in life without the tools to do so. If you shelter your child from these experiences, then they will be helpless in the face of them.
My grandfather always says, "thank goodness for shitty competition." Work hard in this current generation and you'll have a leg up, it seems nobody else will want to, there will be lots of "shitty competition."
True. Plenty of shitty competition. Boredom is completely underrated as well. It's part of life. In prolonged stretches of boredom I feel like I've found the perspective and motivation to work toward goals that otherwise seemed elusive. Embracing boredom as a necessary part of life makes the bright spots brighter and successes sweeter as well as making the tough stretches more tolerable.
As a middle school teacher, I'm finding it progressively difficult to expect that my students will perform long stretches of routine practice. Having students work for even fifteen or twenty uninterrupted minutes in class leaves too many students reacting as if I expecting them to get a tooth pulled. Students, and unfortunately too many parents, are behaving very "Disney-like" in their expectations that educators are responsible for making all aspects of education fun and exciting.
Within this is great opportunity. Great opportunity for those parents who expect and reinforce self-discipline, hard work, and sacrifice (even if it means getting their kid off of facebook for two or three nights a week). My very best and brightest students, without exception, are the ones that realize being able to "grin and bear it" through tough work will lead to their greatest successes. Yep. The competition right now is asleep at the wheel.
True. Plenty of shitty competition. Boredom is completely underrated as well. It's part of life. In prolonged stretches of boredom I feel like I've found the perspective and motivation to work toward goals that otherwise seemed elusive. Embracing boredom as a necessary part of life makes the bright spots brighter and successes sweeter as well as making the tough stretches more tolerable.
As a middle school teacher, I'm finding it progressively difficult to expect that my students will perform long stretches of routine practice. Having students work for even fifteen or twenty uninterrupted minutes in class leaves too many students reacting as if I expecting them to get a tooth pulled. Students, and unfortunately too many parents, compening very "Disney-like" in their expectations that educators are responsible for making all parts of education fun and exciting.
Within this is great opportunity. Great opportunity for those parents who expect and reinforce self-discipline, hard work, and sacrifice (even if it means getting their kid off of facebook for two or three nights a week). My very best and brightest students, without exception, are the ones that realize being able to "grin and bear it" through tough work will lead to their greatest successes. Yep. The competition right now is asleep at the wheel.
"Opportunity looks a lot like work." -Ashton Kutcher. Think what you will about this guy, but giving a speech like that to a group of teenagers is pretty ballsy.