Today I was teaching and I decided that I wanted to ask the sophomores and seniors about entitlement. The idea that today we believe we are entitled to things that a couple of decades ago people didn't feel that way about. I asked them to take one piece of paper and fold it in half long ways. Then I asked them to make two columns one listing what you deserve if you are "working" and one column for things you deserve if you are "not working". We did not define working or not working. These were the responses from the 16 students who participated. What do you think?
“WORKING” “NOT
WORKING”
House-
7 Shelter-
4
Nice
House- 1 House
Shower Low
end housing
Bed Bed
Food
– 5 Food-
4
3
Meals a Day- 7 3
meals - 4
Clothes
-1 2
meals- 2
Nice
Clothes – 2 1-2
meals - 1
Clean
Clothes 1
meal - 1
Job
Security water
Tax
Relief clothes
- 3
Good
Pay- 1 used
clothes - 1
Paid Welfare
Pay
Check on time a
hug
Medical
and Dental Insurance
Medical
Insurance- 2 medical
insurance
Minimum
Salary- 1 unemployment-
1
Paid
Benefits- 1 help
if needed
Money-
3 a
job- 1
Suitable
working conditions spending
money
Working
Tools
Working
Apparal
Drivers
License
Extra
Rights and Privileges- 2 less
privileges
Luxuries
no
electric
Cell
Phone
Credit
Card
Rights
and Privileges to drink
Sleep Sleep
Car-
10 Car-
1
Guns
Kids
Animals-
5 no
animals
Marriage-
1
Land
Medicine medicine
Friends friends
Doctor doctor
Toys
(ie 4wheeler)- 3
Television
Respect-
1 respect-
1
Radio
XBox
* the numbers indicate how many students reported that answer
Now what to do with this information! I am deciding if I should do a follow up next week when they let me go back. What should the follow up be? What are we entitled to as Americans?
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