This article here provides a very good overview of how
cynicism occurs within the business management sector, however, many of the
comments lend themselves to how students think and work too. Firstly, they
mention how cynics see their view as realistic, and that the attitude can be a
way to ‘indulge in anger and resentment’ leading to acting out. This behaviour,
acting out, being angry at others (or having weird emotions) being resentful
towards others etc. is quite typical of every teenager. Hence, they may find it
easier to be more cynical of government, media, organisations etc. because for
them, emotionally, it is easier to be angry and not trust others while they try
to form their identity than it is to become trustworthy.
However, as the article mentions, this attitude becomes
dangerous when it becomes a means of emotional protection. When students blame
something other than themselves for their own failings.
Within the current generation of students, this attitude can
sometimes appear as a lack of work ethic because they feel that education is
not valuable, and you can get by in life without it. It appears in the
arguments and discussion had within classrooms about ethics and morals and the
discussion is fuelled with understandings from students developed from their
interaction with the media and parents. It appears when students go through
trauma and feel they can’t trust the systems in place to support them.
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