Are we the dumbest generation? I think each generation will say that they're not. As far as Mark Bauerleins's comments and what he thinks about THIS generation. . . .I don't totally disagree with him but I do disagree nonetheless. With him I think he just generalizes the whole thing which is completely unfair. I agree that yes. . .some of our generation waste their times on video games and social networks more than they should. Instead of learning information about what's going on in this country or even the world they rather spend time socializing. Even so MOST of our generations knows what's more important in life. I've met some really stupid people in my life. Some from each generation but I'm not gonna say "oh that generation is dumb" just because of one person. That's what I feel like he's doing.
I think since Mark doesn't like the way we use technology he thinks we're the dumbest generation. So what if we want to check our cell phones after class or only google stuff when we need to look up something real quick. If that's how we want to use the internet and our time who is he to say that we shouldn't do that. To me if we wanted to look up things about History or Politics we would. The only thing is some us really at this age don't care too much for it. If we're not interested in it, most likely we won't look it up. That's only for some of us though.
I do think however that no generation is dumber than the other. Each generation knows a little bit more than the next. We know more about technology than the older generations and they might know more about the government and the world than we do. So are we the dumbest generations just because we're deciding instead of looking up information about history and etc that we're also deciding to socialize too? If we spend time looking up IMPORTANT information why can't we have fun on the web too.
