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I liked his dry humor and the fact that he isn't GenY, but points out all the flaws in research conducted against GenY-ers.

Really interesting to see where this originated from and how it has changed for today's generation.

Perspective of Gen Y doctors... This is a series of articles, but this is the first one.

This introduction is very interesting concerning the multiple tragedies that we have lived through and seeing them listed one after another. You don't always think about all the things we have experienced in our life time until you see a list of them all together.

Related to health of Generation Y

A commentary on "The Dumbest Generation"

Originally posted by Kimberly Feit

A more positive spin on Gen Y

This opinion post looks like a lengthy 'tu quoque' to me. Rather than present data showing how Generation Y is not lazy and entitled, he shifts the blame to previous generations for bringing us up this way. Then he points to their problems (hippie-culture and drug use) in order to label their criticism of Gen Y "hypocritical". Finally he blames capitalism for teaching us to feel entitled and self-centered. Overall, he's not so much making a counter-argument to the claim that Gen Y'ers are lazy, as he is agreeing with it whilst pointing his finger at the older generations and saying they were just as bad.

Jonathan- sorry for replying a lot later. I actually used this article for Project 1 and noted that he used the tu quoque. I agree that he's while he's trying to make some legitimate argument, he never made any sort of statement that made me want to agree with him. Rather, he just keeps complaining about the older generations perception of Gen Y with nothing to back him up.

This graph may be slightly offensive, but I think he is right about most Young voters not knowing how Washington really works. Obama got votes from these young people because he was a fresh and young new face with big plans.

This websites has alot to do about Gen Y and what its all about just incase people want more information on the topics today.

For anyone who has read this article, you might modify the bookmark to include a more descriptive tag or two.

Gen Y and the language.

An article by Mark Bauerlein (also the author of our book). Have to agree with him on this point. It seems like eye contact and handshakes are being replaced by text messaging and emoticons. I'm all for technology, but face-to-face conversations are certainly lacking these days.

It may not be scholarly or well researched but it is a prime example of the ignorance of Gen Y and what our book is talking about

I suppose having a camera shoved in your face could make it harder to think, but I'm amazed by how difficult it was for some of those kids to recollect some pretty well-known facts (mostly regarding the United States). That said, a small sample of students answering a small number of questions on a narrow range of topics is not necessarily an indication of widespread ignorance of general knowledge.

I completely agree with you which is why i said it isn't scholarly or well researched but its definitely not something you see everyday

Another post by Ray Williams that I found very interesting.