Several of today's youth are misguided through their lives by false conceptions of the world that are created within the minds of over-protective parents. These ideas of the present in combination with the values and morals of the current generation of parents can be hazardous to the development of children's creativity and their potential. It is imperative that adolescents be directed at an early age toward a lifestyle that is centered on self-sufficiency. A new generation of society described in "A Nation of Wimps" can be averted by allowing children self-inflicted life experience, by suppressing the realities of competition in the workplace, and by declining the instantaneous communication between students and their parental figures.
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Self- motivation should be obtained by students, especially those in their teens, so that they might create for themselves a successful life. Young adults should aspire to be their best selves on a day to day basis. "The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times" (Paulo Coelho xi). Through his novel, "The Alchemist", Coelho offers inspiration for a young generation to continuously put forth outstanding effort. The reader can learn perseverance and courage from the novel's main character, who travels long and far from his home in Spain to the Egyptian pyramids and back. On his quest for worldly treasure, the protagonist discovers the value that is within himself and presents the qualities of persistence and ambition that young people ought to pursue. Moreover, the challenge for today's youth is to understand that prosperity in life comes from the ability to think logically, make educated decisions and prove maturity to their superiors through everyday behavior as well as through problem solving …show more content…
As increasingly more young adults are heading off to college, it is important that these students remember the responsibility that comes with age. Students should use this responsibility given to them as a way to earn respect and trust from their parents, professors, and employers. Therefore, youth ought to take precaution and recall the skills necessary for their own independent thinking. It is unfortunately true, however, that several young people neglect to induce this ability to think independently. "If [one] hides [his] ignorance, no one will hit [him] and [he'll] never learn" (Bradbury 100). Bradbury suggests that making mistakes is a necessary part of human nature and presents this ideal as motivation for the main character, Guy Montag to flee his town and start a new life elsewhere. He advises that it is advantageous for one to try, fail, and then learn from the mistakes made. On the other hand, parents must maintain an appropriate distance from their college students and allow the adolescents to fend for themselves. "Those [parents] who allow their kids to find a way to deal with life's day-to-day stresses by themselves are helping them to develop resilience and coping strategies" (Marano 25). Students ought to be permitted to experience and judge reality for themselves. This insight will become helpful to a young adult's overall well-being
Self- motivation should be obtained by students, especially those in their teens, so that they might create for themselves a successful life. Young adults should aspire to be their best selves on a day to day basis. "The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times" (Paulo Coelho xi). Through his novel, "The Alchemist", Coelho offers inspiration for a young generation to continuously put forth outstanding effort. The reader can learn perseverance and courage from the novel's main character, who travels long and far from his home in Spain to the Egyptian pyramids and back. On his quest for worldly treasure, the protagonist discovers the value that is within himself and presents the qualities of persistence and ambition that young people ought to pursue. Moreover, the challenge for today's youth is to understand that prosperity in life comes from the ability to think logically, make educated decisions and prove maturity to their superiors through everyday behavior as well as through problem solving …show more content…
As increasingly more young adults are heading off to college, it is important that these students remember the responsibility that comes with age. Students should use this responsibility given to them as a way to earn respect and trust from their parents, professors, and employers. Therefore, youth ought to take precaution and recall the skills necessary for their own independent thinking. It is unfortunately true, however, that several young people neglect to induce this ability to think independently. "If [one] hides [his] ignorance, no one will hit [him] and [he'll] never learn" (Bradbury 100). Bradbury suggests that making mistakes is a necessary part of human nature and presents this ideal as motivation for the main character, Guy Montag to flee his town and start a new life elsewhere. He advises that it is advantageous for one to try, fail, and then learn from the mistakes made. On the other hand, parents must maintain an appropriate distance from their college students and allow the adolescents to fend for themselves. "Those [parents] who allow their kids to find a way to deal with life's day-to-day stresses by themselves are helping them to develop resilience and coping strategies" (Marano 25). Students ought to be permitted to experience and judge reality for themselves. This insight will become helpful to a young adult's overall well-being