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Is This generation Really the Dumbest Generation?

Is This generation Really the Dumbest Generation? . Statistics votes yes . What Do You mean by “dumb”?. Lacking intelligence and good Judgment Ignorance lack of willingness to learn rather than the inability to learn .

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Is This generation Really the Dumbest Generation?

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  1. Is This generation Really the Dumbest Generation? Statistics votes yes

  2. What Do You mean by “dumb”? • Lacking intelligence and good Judgment • Ignorance • lack of willingness to learn rather than the inability to learn

  3. Advancements in technology increases the availability of knowledge, yet tests scores are lower and teens are even less knowledgeable • “They have all these privileges and there is no difference between them and the generatiion before.” ( John J. Miller)

  4. Statistics • When US History exams were given half of 12th grades scored below basic • Fifty two percent though that Germany, Italy, and Japan were US allies in WW2 (Wetzstein)

  5. THE EFFECT OF Technology • Instead of using technology to learn teens instead are more interested in social networking sites and video games. • The more time teens spend with games and technology the more they suppress key areas of the frontal lobe connected the memory, emotion, and impulse. (Lianne George)

  6. Effects of technology • “they heed the words of Facebook instead of the Gettysburg address” ( Andrew Keen) • Learning from social ci5rcles and pier rather than adults

  7. Ignorance towards history and knowledge • This generation has a lack of concern for history, politics, • They claim “history is not important”

  8. Is it only our fault? • Dumbed down curriculum • Parents “rewarding” children fro nothing

  9. Results • Teens who are less prepared for college • Yong people who are ignorant and overall self absorbed • Lack of discipline

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