One of my teachers used this phrase yesterday in class. It was very interesting to think about, and now I'm going to expand a little bit on what was said in class.
It seems that the "Soccer-Trophy Generation" is a very fitting description of my generation as a whole. We are a generation that expects to get a reward/trophy for just being "on the team." This can have many different applications. We expect to get a bonus for coming to work and finishing our tasks on time, we expect to get an A for showing up in class and not having to study, we expect to be acknowledged and rewarded and put up on a pedastal for just doing what is expected.
And when we are not rewarded....we kick and pout and scream.
Why do we feel so entitled?
Is it because we live in a culture where we seek and obtain instantaneous gratification?
Is it because we have been giving everything we could possibly want or need for all of our childhoods?
Have we been conditioned to receive praise and rewards for simply doing the minimum?
It seems as if the answers to these questions could be Yes.
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