Ethics - Organization Kid

“The Organization Kid” writing assignment



In David Brooks’ article “The Organization Kid,” he describes what he feels are the deep goals of the modern Princeton student. Brooks believes that today’s students do not want to challenge authority, but rather follow the set norms of society. Brooks feels that the students have been molded by their parents to act and dress in a certain manner. His article also concentrates on the idea that students go to college not to gain higher learning, but as a means to an end. That is, the students are in college to get a good job and make money. The students are being trained to be “The Organization Kid.”
Brooks also examines his own personal worries about the current generation of college students. He is worried that, today; college students do not sit around and argue intellectual points. He is worried that this generation is concerned with maintaining a good country, but not one that will be great. He argue...