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Tinman57:
[ I knew this was going to happen years and years ago when the extreme touchy-feely liberals decided that every kid should get a winners trophy just for playing the game.....]

A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though their test scores and time spent studying are decreasing.

Psychologist Jean Twenge, the lead author of the analysis, is also the author of a study showing that the tendency toward narcissism in students is up 30 percent in the last thirty-odd years.
This data is not unexpected.  I have been writing a great deal over the past few years about the toxic psychological impact of media and technology on children, adolescents and young adults, particularly as it regards turning them into faux celebrities—the equivalent of lead actors in their own fictionalized life stories.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/08/are-raising-generation-deluded-narcissists/

Paul Keith:
I'm late to the Conspiracy Keanu meme but:

What if the students deemed as deluded narcissists are being judged by the deluded narcissists of the previous generation which is why it's only reporting it as a 30% increase?

barney:
What if the students deemed as deluded narcissists are being judged by the deluded narcissists of the previous generation which is why it's only reporting it as a 30% increase?
-Paul Keith (January 13, 2013, 09:38 PM)
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Or, being judged by folk who dislike/hate [perceived] narcissists?

I'm always a bit - often a large bit - suspicious of such studies, since I seldom know the true qualifications of those who make/made the study.

Jibz:
Blaming the internet, games, even politics (fox news ;D), that article seems to have totally forgotten to mention the parents.

f0dder:
Blaming the internet, games, even politics (fox news ;D), that article seems to have totally forgotten to mention the parents.-Jibz (January 14, 2013, 03:35 AM)
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Wat, do parents have anything to do with the personalities their hellspawn end up with? Jibz, you're shocking me!

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