Posted on 12/02/2008 6:51:45 AM PST by truthkeeper
American teenagers lie, steal and cheat more at "alarming rates," a study of nearly 30,000 high school students concluded Monday.
The attitudes and conduct of some 29,760 high school students across the United States "doesn't bode well for the future when these youngsters become the next generation's politicians and parents, cops and corporate executives, and journalists and generals," the non-profit Josephson Institute said.
In its 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, the Los Angeles-based organization said the teenagers' responses to questions about lying, stealing and cheating "reveals entrenched habits of dishonesty for the workforce of the future..."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Jeeze, with a title like that, you think they where talking about teenagers or something..
It all depends on the definition of "lie, cheat, and steal." /sarc
Seriously, though. America has no moral compass any more, so the statistics in this article aren't that much of a shocker.
Well DUH!!! They needed a study for this garbage? Teens lying to their parents, cheating, stealing....BUSH’S fault!
Nope. Here’s the “future leaders” pool.
Sounds like we’re raising a bumper crop of politicians.
Some 93 percent of students indicated satisfaction with their own character and ethics, with 77 percent saying that "when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know."
Of course they are - after all they are worried about global warming.
Anonymously!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Even humanity.
The future is already here, these types of kids have been turning into leaders for decades, denying accountability and ruining the ethical underpinnings that once held this country together. Witness Clinton, who (barf alert) “taught” all middle schoolers that oral sex isn’t sex, or Teddy K, who taught a generation that you can get away with manslaughter if you know the right people.
And on and on.....
Parents work long hours, few people go to church.
Where do we expect kids to learn how to be decent humans???
When everyone defines what is right and good for themselves, they invariably define their own behavior as right and good. This is the goal of the post-modernist movement.
And how would you expect teens to act today when over half the country subscribes to an ideology that promotes the flagrant defiant violation of all of God’s commandments?
... In other late breaking developments, water is wet, fire is hot and flies like crap like this study ...
... Film at 11!!!
This comes with the me, me, me mentality. The teenagers of today have got to realize that the world doesnt revolve around them.
so America’s youth IS corrupt-well I guess that all depends on what the meaning of the word “IS” is.
Well.. when they see politicians stealing elections; their sports idols cheat by taking performance-enhancing drugs; parents cheat on each other — it’s all reflective of society in general. What do we expect???
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