The reactions and attitudes of many students in the "new" generation sound a warning to educators that all is not well. In one or more areas of student needs,
i.e., self-concept, self-actualization, socialization, and values, some needs are apparently not being met. Few would disagree as to the need for helping the students, but the number of solutions as to how to help them rivals the number of problems in need of attention. The trend at the moment, however, is to emphasize the individual and the affective state. This trend is commendable as long as teachers do not neglect the cognitive and social components of the total student in the process. In the first place, educators must consider student attitudes in light of what they know about the maturation process and student needs. In the second place, educators must resist the tendency in education to jump from one approach to another in search of a single answer to all problems. A total program for the total student will not fail to consider all facets of the student: the cognitive, the affective, the social, the personality, and the psychomotor. Educating the nation's youth is a complex undertaking, and simple or one-sided models do not meet the need.