Generation Work Ethic Analysis

In his article “College Students Need to Toughen Up, Quit Their Grade Whining”, Robert Schlesingner addresses the emerging issue of grade inflation, and more specifically, the greater sense of entitlement that seems to prevail in the modern scholastic realm. Mr. Schlesingner begins his address by presenting his background and what standards and expectations were common during his time through both lower-level education and college. During his time [time in what?], a grade of C represented “adequate” or average work, B correlated with “an above average job”, and obtaining an A required “spectacular” performance by the student. [more concise] However, as cited by Mr. Schlesingner, an investigation by the University of California-Irvine seems to indicate that the values of each letter grade has changed, at least in the mind of the modern student with more students now believing that A’s and B’s should be more easily obtained and that the amount of effort put into a task should be considered when grading. Next, Mr. Schlesingner presents his opinions on this topic of grade inflation and the proper influence of student effort on grade. To conclude,

Work ethic is a big factor on how well you will do in school, and how high your grades will be. Work ethic is about fifty-fifty with results from the survey. About half of people said work ethic for millennials is higher than what it used to be compared to other generations. For example, my survey answer from my

Work ethic is a big factor in how well you will do in school, and how high your grades will be. Work ethic is about 50/50 with results from the survey. About half of people said work ethic for millennials is higher than what it used to be for other generations. For example, my survey answer from my aunt, Tiffany Mercurio, when asked how she felt about

Being in an American high school I strive to get the best grades even if that means putting in extra time and effort. My mom has always instilled that education is the key to success and life is only what we make of it, so if you deposit $50 dollars in the bank you are only going to get $50 dollars in return. In order to receive more, you must invest 100% because milestones are always going to be there in the road but work ethic goes towards the success in

In his op-ed, “Are Kids Too Coddled?,” author Frank Bruni argues that children need to be exposed to the harshness of reality. According to Bruni, “praise… can lessen motivation and set children up to be demoralized when they invariably fail at something” (par. 25). By showering children in praise even when they are not successful, students will never learn the importance of hard work. There is no reason to put in effort to go above and beyond expectations if mediocre work receives the same amount of acknowledgement. Due to the excess of undeserved praise, Bruni believes that “students have an inflated sense of their academic prowess” (par. 26). Students expect to get good grades without studying and working hard. In order to reverse the damage caused by sheltering our children, Bruni argues that an application of more rigorous standards in school is necessary to make America’s children “ready to compete globally” (par. 29). By setting higher standards, students will be able to learn more and attain true academic excellence.

Throughout my research I have noticed that kids who worked hard and were independent at a young age became more successful in their futures. Parents who encourage their kids to work hard in their own advantage are giving their kids a jump start on life. There are many reasons that parents should work their kids but the main ones are, that kids will be given a jump-start in life, and they will learn important life skills like learning to be independent.

While it is one view that all students lack work ethic it is the view of Patrick Welsh a teacher at T.C Williams High School that not all children lack work ethic. He says that his “American students lack motivation, self discipline, and work ethic, unlike immigrant students who he says work hard in school”(Welsh,Patrick. “American Kids Are Unmotivated”). He says that in his experience “young americans blame their teachers, not themselves, for the bad grades they receive when they do not put effort into their work”(Welsh,Patrick. “American Kids Are Unmotivated”). The students chose not to work hard and the grades they receive reflect that but parents and students decide that it wasn’t there fault it was the teachers. When really they are not working hard in class. When kids were asked what the most important factor in their performance in math is “the percentage of Japanese and Taiwanese students that answered studying hard was twice that of Americans”while American students named native intelligence, and some said the home environment. But a clear majority of U.S. students put the responsibility on their teachers. A good teacher, they said, was the determining factor in how well they did in math” (Welsh,Patrick. “American Kids Are Unmotivated”). This shows that American students have lost their work ethic. However this also shows that not everyone has lost their work ethic as the Asian students still value studying hard which is a value that many American students have

School is slave labor. Rather than enjoying or learning from their classes, students are forced to do useless work that will often be forgotten immediately. Grades are meant to show much a student understands a class, but instead are used as a scale of how well a student can regurgitate answers onto a test. Students only work for good grades because of the threat of being punished for failure, and the promise of reward for passing. The punishments in this case are detention or trouble from teachers, and the rewards are making the honor roll or getting bragging rights. The real reward for learning should be having new knowledge, but this is not taken into consideration. Jerry Farber, a professor at U.S.D, made the strong claim that grades are useless and harmful in his essay, “A Young Person’s Guide to the Grading System.” I wholeheartedly agree with Farber’s objection to our current grading system.

students today seem to only do the minimum in the class and get the grade that will

Sherry uses an example of this very issue in her essay when she writes about her own son. Sherry’s son, once threatened by a teacher with failing an English class, buckled down, did his schoolwork, and went from a failing grade to getting an A in the class. Some MATC students have openly admitted that they do not really care about their education. They have said they find the teachers boring and they feel that as long as they pass with the minimum grades needed to graduate why try harder. These particular students think that as long as they get their diploma it will not matter that they have only put in the minimal amount of effort necessary to get by. They argue that any future employers that may hire them will never know what their grade point average was or know about the lack of effort they put into school. The high cost of these students’ low expectations will most likely consist of future disappointments and failures for them. People who have low expectations of themselves cost society in many ways. Low expectations tend to foster low achievement. Our economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based. People with low expectations cost time and money. Employers want to hire people who strive to do well in all they do. In life, we all have to do things we do not necessarily like. The question is do we try to do our best no matter what? In a recent article I read, it stated that one school in particular, here in the Midwest, allowed 27%

This is a case study on A New Work Ethic written by James Sheehy a human resources manager. According to the Business Dictionary (2011) ethic is define as the basic concepts and fundamental principles of right human conduct. It includes study of universal values such as the essential equality of all men and women, human or natural rights, obedience to the law of land, concern for health and safety and, increasingly, also for the natural environment.

In today’s education system, grades and getting accepted into that top University and College is what matters to the majority of students. Kohn’s “How not to get into College: The Preoccupation with Preparation” suggests that grades are what controls every student’s life and that nothing else matters. Pressure rises exponentially to get above that cut off mark and squeezing every point to get a higher GPA is definitely reality.

A quote from Brian Whitley, and research author, reveals the sincerity of most students, “On college campuses across the country, legions of students spend their weekends compulsively refreshing their email inboxes, noshing on snacks, and maybe doing a month’s worth of laundry. Shouldn't they be studying? Well sure. They just don't want to”(1). Students procrastinate to do their school work because they have no ambition or drive to want to achieve something. Of course they have long term plans to graduate,get a degree and have a suitable career, but they don't have anything to look forward to in a set amount of time. Rewarding students with money who already have good grades will give them a reason to continue earning good grades. The method

The next generation to be examined is the Baby Boomers, the Baby Boomers were born in the early 1940’s to early 1960’s. This generation occupies a lot of top executive roles in the workforce and are not retiring as they were expected to (Levonius, 2015). The Baby Boomers were taught to grow up questioning authority and standing up for themselves when they needed to. Around the time this generation was in school there was a grade inflation in the educational system, and the Boomer’s strived to achieve these high-grade marks. Baby Boomers were taught in a linear fashion, they were taught by lecture, and the technology they had included overhead projectors and some videos (Warren, 2012). Since this generation was accustomed to trying to achieve high grades they became achievement oriented adults. Education was quite a bit different from earlier generations in this era (Olson, 2011). There was more emphasis placed on students to finish high school, and for the first time in history more students were attending college. “From both the size of the generation as well as their impact to society, Baby Boomers have strong sense of self and a desire for involvement in their world, particularly at work” (Olson, 2011). “They have a strong work ethic, and a desire to receive rewards

Trying to maintain good grades is very important when in school. Having grades like “A’s” and “B’s” for example will result in having many educational opportunities and rewards. Colleges, job companies, or scholarship committees will review grades and other information on a school transcript to see if that student is eligible and satisfy the requirements needed. GPA stands for grade point average, so the higher the grade, the higher the GPA will climb up. This results in getting more money for college if the grade point average is an excellent score. There are some events and programs that reward students for having high and excellent grades. The National Honor Society is one of those programs. In order for a student’s grade to stay on top, completing school assignments are an essential way to do so. It’s not possible to get through or even pass a class without completing assignments. Usually, the class expectations will say for example quizzes are twenty-five percent, homework or classwork is fifteen percent, and tests are forty percent when it comes to grading work. What if the student just focuses on the bigger percentage? Even though the bigger percent has more impact on a student’s grade, the smaller grade percentages can still affect the student if it has not been completed at all because it adds up and it still badly affects the grade. This is why completing assignments are important. Participation in a class setting will improve a student’s grade because getting involved in the class discussions will help to understand the subject better. Some teachers even grade on participation, which can be an easy “A”.