The Dumbest Generation Since the beginning of time resources for knowledge has excelled and advanced. Throughout generations technology has grown along with the human mind set, but due to this growth many would call today’s generation lazy or incompetent for having resources at their fingertips as Mark Bauerlein wrote in the excerpt “The Dumbest Generation”. Being a part of the dumbest generation I would disagree. Today’s generation is more intelligent and more open minded than generations previously due to the advantage of technology and the creativity being shared around the world along with having more opinionated voices that can be shared . From the time 1900’s the intelligence level has risen within the generations proving that we’re not dumbing ourselves down from the
By stating this he is suggesting that in this country it is not about what you know but who you know. Sadly meaning a mediocre education has the same amount of significance as a spectacular education. This strategy can bring the audience closer to his side because he is proving the fact that our nation is in fact ran by idiots. Another rhetorical strategy Moore proposes is the use of a sarcastic tone throughout his excerpt. “Chances are, the genius representing you in the legislature won’t score 50 percent on the above test” (Moore 132).
B. Example: Social media, especially Facebook, can rapidly expand the working memory and therefore make us all more intelligent because our brains have to work extra hard to keep up with game scores and status updates of hundreds of friends. The scientists at Trinity College believe that our level of intelligence may continue to grow depending on advances in social networking and social media. II . Body : A.
This, of course, is a crucial part of growing up. Faced with same challenge today, however, I would probably pass on meeting the girl's father — and outflank him on the Internet. Thanks to e-mail, online chat rooms and instant messages — which permit private, real-time conversations — adolescents have at last succeeded in shielding their social lives from adult scrutiny. But this comes at a cost: teenagers nowadays are both more connected to the world at large than ever, and more cut off from the social encounters that have historically prepared young people for the move into adulthood. The Internet was billed as a revolutionary way to enrich our social lives and expand our civic connections.
It's still magic even if you know how it's done” – terry Pratchett, technology is one of the world’s wonders which has never ceased to surprise us with something new every time, It helps the human kind keep an open mind for everything, it helps us grow with knowledge and understanding of the rest of the world. Teens time spent online should not be limited because of the negative impacts it has on teens and because technology and the internet are mediums that is capable and has been of improving their communication, time management skills and raises global awareness to them. According to “10 great things teens learn while playing online” its lines 43- 47 states that “most teens have limited time to spend online. Whether it’s one hour or five , they need to learn to prioritize their online activities” this implies that time spend online by teens can improve their time management skills as they are given a problem for which they must find a solution in order to efficiently finish their tasks . An inadequacy of communication can bring destruction between companies families and even a nation, communication is one of the greatest means of socializing, lines 11-14 from the “10 great things teens learn while playing online” article the foundation of communication for many teens has been linked to chatting online with other, it has notably helped in building social skills for socially isolated young adults.
During the last decade, the Internet enriched our social lives and our civic connections. People use e-mail, on-line chat rooms and instant messages to communicate with each other. Even adolescents can use the Internet as the same as the older people. But, heavy use of the Net can bring some bad consequences to the adolescents more than what they do on adults. Brent Staples, in “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” (2004) pointed out the consequences of adolescents cruising the Net.
Google is by far the worst example of an information supplier, in that, a search on Google can inundate the reader with an outlandish list of results. The majority of these results are often not what most educators would consider scholarly work, but instead opinion and conjecture. Wikipedia on the other hand, advertises itself as an encyclopedia type service. While their information is rather extensive and referenced for the reader, its basic flaw is that it is collaborative software. It allows its contributors to freely edit the content that is broadcast through the internet.
While being criticized generation because of their overspending, advertisers and marketers target their brands to make sure that they are geared towards these people. While many are enjoying their golden years, Baby Boomers’ buying power is unstoppable. This is even truer when it comes to the use of the Internet. The generation was able to witness the transition between a typewriter to a personal computer, snail mails to e-mails, telephone calls to Facetime, and more. According to Jessica Naziri of USA Today (2015), while the current generation is considered to be more advanced when it comes to the use of technologies, the Baby Boomers are not lagging far behind.
Internet capable technology is extremely affordable, and people across the world are adapting to this new wide world of communication. The world is changing, and experts are divided about the consequences of the fast-growing new ways people have to reach out to each other. Social media is now the most popular way to keep in touch with old friends, new friends, and family. Text messaging, along with its altered lingo, has almost replaced telephone calls and voice mail messages entirely. Business meetings have been replaced by emails or internet based conference applications such as Skype.
How technology has affected education Everyone has see than moody kid with their ear buds blasting out music or that girl uncontrollably texting away ,Technology advances has had a huge impact on youth of today, as it has changed through time having made education much easier and has also been a distraction towards learning-isolating youths from reality. Technology has affected young minds depending on how they use it and the amount of time it is being used for. Do students learn today as they did ten to twenty years ago? Technology has been better than ever! Playing a very important role in education.