By Political Animal.
Never seen a generation so self-absorbed, so mannerless, so lazy and so selfish .
On the other hand they are also creating ripples globally in different sectors, especially in the entertainment,creative, fashion,sport,soft power industry.
A generation where some, though a few, are also questioning the rot in the country, boldly interrogating their condition and the oppression of elders who loot ,steal ,lie and rape them economically leading to spontaneous agitation by a few of them.
Some have been arrested, dehumanized for standing up to Government and oppression.
A generation where others are recruited to fight those who are agitating on their behalf for little or nothing.
Maybe because a particular previous generation before them didn’t leave so much for them to build on.
I am still thinking about that particular generation.Is it the oil boom generation?.Is it the “Udoji” award generation?
Is it the military regime generation.
Is it the civil war generation?
But I know that each generation in all ages always think that they are the standard.
But the same generation that I don’t seem to understand is the generation that do not want to be corrected when they are wrong, even when they are living under their parents.
Some want the good things of life but don’t want to work for it.But they want the best of phones or gadgets and very self-centered.
They carry handsets that are so costly,more expensive than the total amount of money that their aged parents used as business capital to train them in schools.
They want to be on tik-tok-all day.Instagram all day exchanging inappropriate pictures.
Many of them lacking critical thinking skills.
Even with Google in their hands still asking silly questions about virtually everything under the sun.
A generation where tradition,hardwork and respect is almost disappearing.A generation that bumps into elders without saying
“I am sorry” not to talk about sir or ma.
A generation with nose rings and anklets,while still wearing earpiece, but with no hard copy CV.With bushy bears all over their faces and happy with their condition and outlook.A generation where “shave everyday and you will always be clean”
is not a music they want to listen to.
Follow-follow generation.F-ball Idolaters .
A generation where parents became more liberal and lax in parental discipline to avoid confrontation.
This generation in question,there is also a generation of parents on the other hand where there are no standards set for children any more.
A generation of parents who don’t want their children to be corrected.Not even their teachers in school,they basically pamper them .
“Special Center parents”.A generation where parents are in support of teachers basically writing exams for their children.Where promotions are generous .Where teachers hardly get angry,but rather pamper the students to the extent that teachers are assumed to be at fault when they rebuke them for not writing notes or doing their homework or flog students.
Who raised this particular generation with “entitlement mentality” and who are “unwilling to learn” from elders attitude.?
The question is which elders? because there are different groups of elders in the generation that I am looking for.Among parents and politicians.It is all confusing.
Are situations getting worse and low on discipline as ages progress?
Please don’t be annoyed ,which generation raised this mannerless generation among manner full generation.
Is it possible to believe that whatever seeds planted in the past few decades are now what we are reaping today?
Is it a question of older people saying same thing about every upcoming generation since the beginning of time.?
Well,may we have a generation that will save Nigeria.
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