Scriptorium Philosophia - The Average College Student Today
Quip responses, a reaction so popular with Gen Y and younger, to what is convicting them results in no change - it is like a peacock blooming its feathers trying to impress anyone around them.
And for a fleeting few seconds, they may ‘feel’ good.
Feelings - you know, that most fickle of all human traits that gets all of us in more trouble than we wish.
All of this is just components of the overall reason why our country is in the 30-percentile in PISA tests instead of dominating globally like we once did (which would be the Gen X, Boomer generations, and older - you know, the target of those quip responses…).
To underscore my point: my high school curriculum was so disciplined that anyone graduating with a ‘B’ or higher grade did NOT have to take the SATs nor achievement tests for college admission. A few years after the Princeton organization made it mandatory for all high schools to participate in their tests, our high school lost the highest accreditation it once had for decades. There are no coincidences.
If Gen Y and younger think teaching older generations new tricks is a challenge, wait until they try teaching the young generation coming up behind them old tricks.
This is not to say the entire population of the Millennial Generation (Gen Y - born 1981–1996), iGen (Gen Z - born 1997–2010), and Gen Alpha (Born 2010-2024) are all the same - thank God they are not.
There are some very astute, sharp minds and wise souls in the younger generation - Katherine Leavitt, Brett Cooper are just a couple of them.
Read on…
