It would appear our youth are in large part embroiled in illusion and delusion.
Or is it because the
system itself, both the school system and the larger society, is not doing
anything relevant or real anymore, not doing anything to have faith in? Kind of like the old joke in the Soviet Union,
“the government pretends to pay us, so we pretend to work.”
The reader can
decide.
US high school students are, at best,
“apathetic” about ethical standards (there’s good spin). 64% of students said they cheated on a test
in the past year, and 30% said they stole from a store. Yet they also reported they were “satisfied
with their personal ethics and character,” and “when it comes to doing what is
right, I am better than most people I know.” From a Josephson Institute survey,
2010.
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