Sunday, September 14, 2008
NOT the dumbest generation.
Many people consider the youth of today to be the "dumbest generation". However saying this just displays that individuals own ignorance. Yes, sometime I write "i" instead of "I" in informal online conversations, and I do rely on spell check when editing a paper, but none of these things mean that I don't have as much knowledge as anybody in the past. Some critics attack technology and say that it is being abused by students and taking away from the learning experience, but I can speak from personal experience that it isn't. Last year I had the privelage of learing in a one to one classroom with laptops for every student and other technologies. It is a common misconception that all these resources make learning nothing more than a tempory gathering of information that will later be thrown away and forgotton but that is not so. That class was the hardest I have ever taken. I was expected not only to find the information required for class but to search through hundreds of other related sources to help understand and find meaning in it. Without the internet, where would you be able to find first hand accounts about the Great Depression, or World War II, with just a few clicks of a mouse. My computer literacy has also helped me outside of school. I often help my dad, who is the manager of a buisness, create online forums, websites, and other resources to help with his business. We are not at all the dumbest generation; we are a generation with many skills and new ways of thinking that will help us be pioneers for the generation ahead of us.
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I agree with you that we are the pioneers of a new way of learning and gathering information, and it is not fair nor right for us to be blamed for the falacies of a method with which we are testing for the rest of the world to follow, and to help those who came before us to adapt to the technology. I disagree with you that we do not lose our information. I believe that because of this new fast-paced learning style, we are going to go through much more information, and much more quickly, causing us to lose our ability to carry loads of information fed to us over a period of time without reuse.
I like how you stated your opinion. You chose a side of the argument and spoke (wrote) clearly, not flip flopping back and forth. I loved how you took several outside experiences and related them back to prove your point. Very well written!
I do agree that we are at the fore-front of a revolution in education. but to just say where else can you find first hand accounts of the great depression or World War II and stop really confused me. I think we should be happy we have all this information at the tips of our fingers and not treat it as a grueling task to do this research but as a gift we don't have to spend hours in the library or go out into the real world and get actual first hand accounts of historical events. that would suck
I agree that the value of what we learn today is as good if not better than that of the past generations but the work ethics are still incomparable. Technology has made everything easier and require less work, which is a good thing~ but it comes at the cost of forgetting "good old fashion hardcore studying". The methods of learning are different and many benefits as well has losses resulted.
I like how you mentioned "i" instead of "I", does that really make us dumb? I don't think so, it's not that big of a deal it's not like we think that's the right way to write "I". You are right that the internet is very important so we can first hand information.
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