Comments on: How entitled are you? http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/04/21/how-entitled-are-you/ Preparing for and accomplishing a doctoral program at Capella Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Calvine http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/04/21/how-entitled-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 Calvine Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:22:45 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/?p=168#comment-1782 Thanks for writing this. Thanks for writing this.

]]> By: Johnna Williams http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/04/21/how-entitled-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 Johnna Williams Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:57:09 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/?p=168#comment-1759 Constance: Well Said! The issue of entitlement is an almost daily topic. We see entitlement in the expectations that individuals have for grades, with regard to tuition, and in how they want faculty to work with them. I don't believe this stops in academia: society demands faster, better services for less effort and money. We are very spoiled, and we want what we want when we want it. I think this becomes a bigger issue when what we want conflicts with what we need. Learners may want to be told that they are stellar and their effort was exemplary, however if it isn't true, it is what they need? Grounding someone in reality or pragmaticism can sometimes be a real gift. There is a belief in counseling that states if you are working harder in therapy than the client is, there is a BIG problem. I feel the same way about academics. Learning to think critically and be self-directed are hallmarks of scholarship! Giving in to issues of entitlement, I believe, hurts more than it helps. Johnna Williams Constance:

Well Said! The issue of entitlement is an almost daily topic. We see entitlement in the expectations that individuals have for grades, with regard to tuition, and in how they want faculty to work with them. I don’t believe this stops in academia: society demands faster, better services for less effort and money. We are very spoiled, and we want what we want when we want it.

I think this becomes a bigger issue when what we want conflicts with what we need. Learners may want to be told that they are stellar and their effort was exemplary, however if it isn’t true, it is what they need? Grounding someone in reality or pragmaticism can sometimes be a real gift.

There is a belief in counseling that states if you are working harder in therapy than the client is, there is a BIG problem. I feel the same way about academics. Learning to think critically and be self-directed are hallmarks of scholarship! Giving in to issues of entitlement, I believe, hurts more than it helps.

Johnna Williams

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