Comments on: Asking for Student Opinions Isn’t Risky, It’s Rewarding http://tweenteacher.com/2009/01/24/asking-for-student-opinions-isnt-risky-its-rewarding/ Heather Wolpert-Gawron Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: somebody http://tweenteacher.com/2009/01/24/asking-for-student-opinions-isnt-risky-its-rewarding/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 somebody Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:05:59 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=232#comment-1930 It <i>is</i> kind of scary for me. I'm not that much older than some of those teens and tweens who posted some seriously rude stuff. And it just shocks me. I know this is the world and everyone has their opinions but sometimes it's just "whoa, there ... respect, anyone? Anyone?" It's just so different from the way I was brought up. Maybe they <i>were</i> brought up 'the right way,' but it is still so hard for me when I see younger people not 'debating' or 'criticizing' but being really, really rude and nasty to people older than them or with differing opinions. I wonder who is going to teach them that in most cases you don't get very far in the 'real world/business world' if you're rude all the time and blasting people you don't agree with. It is kind of scary for me. I’m not that much older than some of those teens and tweens who posted some seriously rude stuff. And it just shocks me. I know this is the world and everyone has their opinions but sometimes it’s just “whoa, there … respect, anyone? Anyone?”

It’s just so different from the way I was brought up. Maybe they were brought up ‘the right way,’ but it is still so hard for me when I see younger people not ‘debating’ or ‘criticizing’ but being really, really rude and nasty to people older than them or with differing opinions. I wonder who is going to teach them that in most cases you don’t get very far in the ‘real world/business world’ if you’re rude all the time and blasting people you don’t agree with.

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