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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke
ok - I haven't seen any of the vids - but honestly what's the problem of being special - should our leaders just be telling us "we are but anonymous tools in the machine of our nation" - I'm not up for that message either - though I am okay with "Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it"
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Because teaching kids that they're inherently
special, no matter what, teaches them that they don't have to work to be special or achieve anything. They just grow up thinking, "Hey, I'm super special! Gimme gimme gimme!" I believe that it is better to teach kids that they're each
unique, and that
that is special, but that if they want to become something more, someone worthy of respect and honor, then they'll have to work hard and apply themselves in order to achieve success and earn that respect.
If you want to see the glaring consequences of indoctrinating kids into the "I'm special! I'm special!" cult, watch an episode of "My Super Sweet Sixteen." It's horrible.