Are we really becoming 'tofu' batches, that focus more on fun than discipline? A healthy balance between those 2 core aspects of a UG...is it really a never ending tipping of the balancing scale, and it will never stay horizontal?
An old woman, son in jail, daughter-in-law running away with another man, and grandson left behind in primary school...what will she do? Sucide? Run away too? No. She will get a job, no matter how ashamed, how tired, how hopeless she feels...she will perservere, for her son and grandson's sake. That is resilience. Where does she get that from? I guess her childhood and 'tumultuous' teenage years may play a huge role.
When teenagers meet a problem, what do they do? From what I see, the first thing they do is utter an expletive. But after that, they realise that running away is not an option. Facing the problem, head on, maybe results in disastrous consequences and massive screw ups, but that is the only way humans learn. Through screw ups. As an egoistic species, only mistakes can remind us of our incompetence, pushing us to strive towards something better (?).
Aura. Mannerism that can be learnt, or just natural? I think it is the same debate as nurture vs nature... Is it controlled arrogance? Fine, perhaps arrongance is an inappropriate word...controlled proudness? Heads up, a facade for others to see, is that part of what we are supposed to do once you hit a certain level of maturity? When do we break that cold mask? I do not know the answer to that yet...
Tofu. Discipline. Fun. Ego. Aura.
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