Not that I disagree with what you're saying, it bothers me just as much - BUT I do have to defend the other side of the spectrum, and assure you that you don't have to lose ALL hope!
As a 4h leader in a urban/rural transition zone -I get to see a lot of young kids that start off appearing hopeless, like little pale xbox rats caught outside of their caves.
But when you challenge them and motivate them properly, they start to come around. I've seen some amazing improvements.
After a while you can actually detect of sense of well earned pride in them - like when a 12 year old girl takes control of a spooked 1500 pound cow in a 4th of july parade, or even shoveling up some cow crap with all the spectators gasping and half fainting at the sight of it.
We also have started a little haying operation and there's already a lot less moaning and groaning than there used to be. Again - a sense of pride building when they get to tease the new kids who complain about hay splinters, and heavy bales.
And we restore our own equipment - some of the kids did most of the work on restoring our super A recently - stripping it down to the ground and rebuilding it completely. And an old IH side rake. In fact, I'll have to stick in some pictures here because I'm really proud of what they've done.
And we're working on an old NH super 66 baler right now - just starting to rebuild the wisconsin engine.
Most of the kids start out not even knowing what a wrench is - and a few months later they'll be rebuilding carburetors and welding broken parts.
So - I agree MOST kids these days are useless - but there ARE still some good ones who are coming along just fine.
And these are the ones that'll keep our country great.
(provided we don't screw it up too bad for them first!)
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