I think it's partly geographical and parental. My son and group of friends up here raised hell growing up like your typical rednecks, hated school, raced MX, and had each others back. Kind of like we grew up in Satsuma. In summer, they bucked hay for the local farmers, thousands of bales each year and even hauled the loads back to the farms in trucks with a stick. Today they're in their late 20's and each one of them have great work ethics and a blue collar job with transferable skills. They can take a truck apart and put it back together to boot. Early on after he graduated I thought he was in for a tough lesson in life but, he's turned out to be a pretty good dude.

My 28yrs in the military on the other hand had me experience working with and/or having to lead people from all walks of life and all age groups. Some of the young ones were clueless with work/life issues. Some you could guide through it and they turned out great. Others wouldn't/couldn't adapt and ended up leaving after their time, most didn't have the work ethics to do the job without being coddled.