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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.

A very logos-heavy blog post about declining American intelligence

I'm not surprised that the study finds piracy to be perceived as the "least wrong" aberrant internet activity when the other options include things like: fraud, identity theft, and organ sales.

I like this post. It's not arguing the strengths and weaknesses of Generation Y; instead it focuses on the different approach that Gen Y'ers take to work and leisure time.

I recently just read this article and I liked how the writer had supporting details to back up her argument.

The writer is generalizing. If she wants to argue that Generation Y is not lazy she must do more than present a few exceptionally successful individuals as examples (how many Gen-Y'ers are multi-billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg?). She provides no data on the general demographics of Gen-Y'ers to support her case.

I liked how this author examined possible counterarguments, then added a rebuttle. She also used several quality sources to cite evidence supporting her claims.

At first I thought that maybe she was saying that Gen Y is a lazy group but half way through I realized that she was giving all the facts then showing how we have a generation gap, and that is why the older generations have a problem with us.

I like how the author saw both points of view from both the older and younger generation. As somene from the younger generation its often difficult to defend our generation from that Lazy stereotype but this author did a good job of explaining the differences.

Although this article talks about marketing generation y, the section entitled, "Generational influences within the society and culture", has some interesting ideas about the factors that influence generation y.

An article focused on the positive aspects of Gen Y.

A grad thesis that brings up how and why the school, district, family, student involvement effect students' academic performance

This story shows why something that is entirely logical isn't exactly reasonable. This isn't the greatest web text for the story, so if you happen to find a better one, feel free to adjust this entry.