Most youngsters these days have been brought up in a pampered envrionment. They have maids to look after them when they were little and some even order their maids around like prince and princesses.
They have been brought up in the computer and internet age, where things are done thru clicking the PC and getting things done fast. They eat fast food and play fast computer games. Everything has to be quick. The environment has made these youngsters impatient and less hardworking and focused compared to the older generation of people.
Most of all, their priorities are not with work. They prefer to do other things after office hours as they do not need to contribute to their family's financial needs. In fact, I know of some who work and still get pocket money from their parents. So who will be motivated to go the extra mile to earn more money? Cannot blame them.
Of course, there are a handful of youngsters who have the motivation and attitude and concentration to work hard and patiently achieve their goals. I have come across a few and quite a number of them are non-singaporeans.
If young Singaporeans dont get their act together and start working hard, they will soon be overtaken by these foreign workers who are more hardworking and cost employers less money to hire.
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S'pore would soon be a land of foreigners,just like in the USA.
Yes, u r right. Alot of foreigners around these days. It is so different from the past, in the 80s and 90s. BTW, to clarify, I do not mean that youngsters are lazy or that they are lousy, but rather, it is the culture that has been built over the years. On the other hand, there are some youngsters who are great people, polite, gracious, wonderful, helpful people. And there are some locals who are hardworking too, just like their forefathers.
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