tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post5871087681117414975..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Family Issues That Affect College StudentsGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-30583032360992135642007-05-29T17:31:00.000-04:002007-05-29T17:31:00.000-04:00"they aren't selfish, just self-absorbed."are they..."they aren't selfish, just self-absorbed."<BR/>are they really self-absorbed or just self-interested? <BR/>i tend to lean towards the latter. This is probably just an attempt to defend my own behavior as a teenager because when seeing the sheer stupidity in the actions of my two younger brothers (age 18 and 16) the defense for the former grows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-90771843051299680212007-05-24T08:25:00.000-04:002007-05-24T08:25:00.000-04:00As the parents of teenagers often need to remind t...As the parents of teenagers often need to remind themselves, "they aren't selfish, just self-absorbed." Helping them see the big picture, though, is one of the main aims of college.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-61786519085578664032007-05-24T07:44:00.000-04:002007-05-24T07:44:00.000-04:00My experience as a father of a 19 and 25 year old...My experience as a father of a 19 and 25 year old is that young people at least through 25 are sort of self centered and short sighted. Hopefully the values instilled by us parents will take hold before negative life changing events happen to them.Maybe that is just how they are made. May God grant us the grace and wisdom to handle whatever our kids deal to us.<BR/>just axingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-86993700477295927732007-05-24T01:40:00.000-04:002007-05-24T01:40:00.000-04:00Yes, eventually all family issues affect college s...Yes, eventually all family issues affect college students. When I graduated from college, I felt prepared to go to graduate school and on to a successful career. What I wasn't prepared for was difficult choices like the one I made yesterday - deciding to turn down a job that was better for my career to stick with one that was better for my kids. And part of the guilt I felt over turning down the job was the idea that I wasn't fulfilling the potential many of my professors told me I had.<BR/><BR/>As gruntled has pointed out several times, most people do eventually get married, and hopefully the students who took his class will be better prepared for the challenges of living as part of society as a whole and as part of a family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-23781151767219555242007-05-23T23:23:00.000-04:002007-05-23T23:23:00.000-04:00The ones who do really get it in the class come to...The ones who do really get it in the class come to see how society really is a system.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-90941488399782421622007-05-23T22:51:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:51:00.000-04:00Interesting comment, and to hear that students at ...Interesting comment, and to hear that students at a more elite school also have that attitude.<BR/> <BR/>Perhaps the hidden blessings in teaching students who are all majoring in a profession (mostly nursing) come from asking them to consider how people from different types of families might present them with different situations as patients or clients or students (for teh social work & education majors). <BR/> <BR/>It is, though, just another version of thinking, "how does this affect me?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com