After glancing at the title "8 Reasons Why This Is The Dumbest Generation", I immeditatly felt utterly offended and a bit under estimated. By Mark Bauerlein's 2nd reason he already had me convinced. The bold statement of my generation being the dumbest is undeniable. Few will admit the shameful truth.
The spins on technology throughout the past decade has definatly impacted this remark. For example, in Bauerleins 7th reason he states, "Kids are drowning in teen stuff delievered 24/7 by the tools, and adult realities can't penetrate." Even a decade ago computers/internet/cellphones were not as prevalent as they are today. The tempting oppertunity to use technology is overwhelming and distracts a teenagers everyday life. Although the technological advances are great when it comes to researching for a project, writing a paper, etc. the aol.com pop-ups or temptation to log onto facebook for "just five minutes" can lead to serious procrastination.
Bauerlein has strong points when it comes to blaming the technological abundence within the past decade. I think the influnence technology has had on my generation is the only reason we would be noted as the "dumbest generation". For example, us not knowing enough about World War 1 and World War 2 is not because we chose to ignore it, but because since we did not live through the expirence it does not have such a strong effect.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
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Bauerlein offended me as well. His article put me in a bad mood. However, I disagree with you. We shouldn't be known as the dumbest generation just because we are more tehcnologically advanced than any generation. Not every teen abuses the Internet. It is actually used for research and answers to questions.
I think that although some people may use the internet irresponsibly, in this new modern world of technology we must rise to the challenge of learning how to master using technology in the right way. We are the first generation to have technology take on such a prominent part of our lives. With the introduction of computers in our school we are in a sense the test rats. Our generation needs to learn how to find the balance between using the internet for distractions, and for getting work done. It may be difficult, but not impossible to achieve. And with this achieved we will be intelligent, and access to technology will make us even more intelligent.
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