Comments on: Instant Gratification Society (aka ‘I want something for nothing’) http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/ Everything about writing and marketing white papers Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Terry Hancock http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-58383 Terry Hancock Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:43:07 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-58383 That is horrible. Kids think they can just scoot through school and not actually do work. When they hit the real world it tends to hit them harder then they expected That is horrible. Kids think they can just scoot through school and not actually do work. When they hit the real world it tends to hit them harder then they expected

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-352 Michael Stelzner Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:27:46 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-352 Hey Gordon - I get messages like this far more frequently than I care to disclose. I am convinced they are indeed real. Jonathan - Good points! I used to LOVE Cliff Notes! Mike Hey Gordon - I get messages like this far more frequently than I care to disclose. I am convinced they are indeed real.

Jonathan - Good points! I used to LOVE Cliff Notes!

Mike

]]> By: Gordon Graham http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-349 Gordon Graham Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:47:42 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-349 I've had those kind of emails from students asking for help with a "paper" for school, and I always assumed they were from spambots testing whether some email address they tried out was working. It's hard to believe any college student would send out such vague emails asking for help getting through their classes. Don't they even know how to Google an essay-writing service? I’ve had those kind of emails from students asking for help with a “paper” for school, and I always assumed they were from spambots testing whether some email address they tried out was working.

It’s hard to believe any college student would send out such vague emails asking for help getting through their classes. Don’t they even know how to Google an essay-writing service?

]]> By: Jonathan Kantor http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-342 Jonathan Kantor Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:52:57 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-342 I think this is an example of what happens to a generation of students weaned on Cliff Notes in college, now having to find an alternative in the "real world". I think this is an example of what happens to a generation of students weaned on Cliff Notes in college, now having to find an alternative in the “real world”.

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-320 Michael Stelzner Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:49:53 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-320 Hi Chris and Lora; Chris - yes I agree. I made tons of mistakes in college. I wish they had iPods back then so I could focus! Lora - Good point. Not sure how thus student could ever think that waiting until 2 hours before the deadline would bring anything meaningful. Procrastination is something I personally DID need to learn to overcome. Mike Hi Chris and Lora;

Chris - yes I agree. I made tons of mistakes in college. I wish they had iPods back then so I could focus!

Lora - Good point. Not sure how thus student could ever think that waiting until 2 hours before the deadline would bring anything meaningful.

Procrastination is something I personally DID need to learn to overcome.

Mike

]]> By: Lora Adrianse http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-319 Lora Adrianse Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:03:54 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-319 I would respond by saying..."Sounds like your deadline is closing in on you. You'd better start writing now!" I would respond by saying…”Sounds like your deadline is closing in on you. You’d better start writing now!”

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-318 Chris Cree Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:49:48 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-318 I mean not that I wasn't looking for some scam or short cut back when I was in college myself, mind you. But if someone had pointed out to me thinking like the <a href="http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Proverbs+21%3A5&passage2=&passage3=&passage4=&passage5=&version1=51&version2=31&version3=65&version4=49&version5=45&Submit.x=59&Submit.y=15" rel="nofollow">proverb</a> that says, "Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty," instead of letting me discover it for myself I might have figured it out a little quicker. Then again I might have just plowed stubbornly along anyway until I got burned enough by my mistakes... I mean not that I wasn’t looking for some scam or short cut back when I was in college myself, mind you.

But if someone had pointed out to me thinking like the proverb that says, “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty,” instead of letting me discover it for myself I might have figured it out a little quicker.

Then again I might have just plowed stubbornly along anyway until I got burned enough by my mistakes…

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-316 Michael Stelzner Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:14:04 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-316 Amen Brother! Amen Brother!

]]> By: Chris Cree http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-315 Chris Cree Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:03:38 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-315 Mike, Perhaps you could refer them to the definition of <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=consequence" rel="nofollow">consequence</a>. Or maybe you could share a little <a href="http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=2+Thessalonians+3%3A10&passage2=&passage3=&passage4=&passage5=&version1=51&version2=31&version3=65&version4=49&version5=45&Submit.x=90&Submit.y=13" rel="nofollow">philosophy</a> with them, "Those unwilling to work will not get to eat." I'm just sayin'... Mike,

Perhaps you could refer them to the definition of consequence.

Or maybe you could share a little philosophy with them, “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”

I’m just sayin’…

]]> By: Michael Stelzner http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-314 Michael Stelzner Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:38:42 +0000 http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/10/10/something-for-nothing/#comment-314 It's a sad state of affairs. I can only hope my kids turn out a bit better and actually work. What kind of students are we pumping into the marketplace? It’s a sad state of affairs. I can only hope my kids turn out a bit better and actually work. What kind of students are we pumping into the marketplace?

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