anyone read the book called "the dumbest generation"?
its writen by Mark Bauerlein???
its writen by Mark Bauerlein???
"dumbest generation"
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dont' trust anyone under 30? bah. i know many super-smart youngsters :D
i'll still check it out tho as i've rediscovered amazon's used books.
i'll still check it out tho as i've rediscovered amazon's used books.
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this is an email i sent to the author....hahahah
mr. B
my name is mr ty. i am 19 years old and a student at Sierra College of
Northern California. i transfer to Berkeley in the fall to study
environmental science. bla bla bla......
i read an article in the June 2008 issue of Newsweek. it had some
references to your book "the dumbest generation" . i became some what
interested in this topic and your book. being the dumb **** gen yer
that i am, instead of going out and buying your book i got on the
Internet and did a little research. i haven't read your book, and i
know its incorrect to judge something before understanding it... so i
ask, how can you write a book about this??
the digital age is just beginning. no body knows weather or not gen
y is the dumbest generation yet...for all we know it could be the
smartest yet....this is something that can only be told once my
generation is in full bloom and the world is on OUR shoulders. only
then will we see who is smart and who is OUT DATED.
but.
maybe your right, maybe we are just a bunch of dumb ****s. and when
the world starts falling apart, and ask jeeves doesn't know how to fix
it we will make sure to drag your wrinkly asses down with us!
don't trust anyone under 30!!??
please.....go **** yourself
sincerely
mr ty
ps. sorry for the spelling and grammar errors. my gmail has no auto
spell or grammar checker.....im just soooo lost without it.
:D
this is an email i sent to the author....hahahah
mr. B
my name is mr ty. i am 19 years old and a student at Sierra College of
Northern California. i transfer to Berkeley in the fall to study
environmental science. bla bla bla......
i read an article in the June 2008 issue of Newsweek. it had some
references to your book "the dumbest generation" . i became some what
interested in this topic and your book. being the dumb **** gen yer
that i am, instead of going out and buying your book i got on the
Internet and did a little research. i haven't read your book, and i
know its incorrect to judge something before understanding it... so i
ask, how can you write a book about this??
the digital age is just beginning. no body knows weather or not gen
y is the dumbest generation yet...for all we know it could be the
smartest yet....this is something that can only be told once my
generation is in full bloom and the world is on OUR shoulders. only
then will we see who is smart and who is OUT DATED.
but.
maybe your right, maybe we are just a bunch of dumb ****s. and when
the world starts falling apart, and ask jeeves doesn't know how to fix
it we will make sure to drag your wrinkly asses down with us!
don't trust anyone under 30!!??
please.....go **** yourself
sincerely
mr ty
ps. sorry for the spelling and grammar errors. my gmail has no auto
spell or grammar checker.....im just soooo lost without it.
:D
yah, just make sure ya implement that little feature before you shoot off your email there :D
"wrinkly asses* :lol:
"wrinkly asses* :lol:
Let me just say that as a 20 year old, I do find parts of my generation really REALLY stupid.
Sorry to say, but this probably just went quite a way to what I'm assuming was his point. I'm 27, so I'm in the grey area between Gens X and Y, but this is the sort of crap that makes everyone think we're stupid. We can't even handle English without our beloved machines, for chrissake.
^--- :nod:
Good lord... does this really even require a response?
Were I you, I'd be ashamed to send that letter, simply for the reason that, not only does it have no basis to challenge the book (having not even bothered to read it), but that it contains so many spelling, punctuation, grammatical, and structure errors that even the aforementioned grammar and spell checkers would not be able to sufficiently redeem it.
On the other hand, I think the author would be satisfied to know his point was not lost, but rather proven, on the sender.
Congratulations on getting into Berkeley. Hopefully, they have a class to teach how to properly formulate an argument without proving your opponents point for them. I think such a class would have value in this case.
Were I you, I'd be ashamed to send that letter, simply for the reason that, not only does it have no basis to challenge the book (having not even bothered to read it), but that it contains so many spelling, punctuation, grammatical, and structure errors that even the aforementioned grammar and spell checkers would not be able to sufficiently redeem it.
On the other hand, I think the author would be satisfied to know his point was not lost, but rather proven, on the sender.
Congratulations on getting into Berkeley. Hopefully, they have a class to teach how to properly formulate an argument without proving your opponents point for them. I think such a class would have value in this case.
It's just because people focus on different things in life; people who might appear to you as perfectly stupid in one area of their life might appear perfectly smart to you in another area of their life.
Also, young people do lack experience and skill in some areas, and whether they can improve themselves is completely up to them.
So, to fast-forward, even when you're, like, 80, you might still find most of the other people your age stupid.
Most of perceived stupidity is just ignorance: People simply choose what they focus upon in their lives, and many ignore everything else.
Example: A nobel prize winner loses a game of chess with his 12-year-old grandchild. He really played a bad game, so the child says "boy, are you stupid!" and the old man replies "****, you're right, I can't play chess for the life of mine!"
Yes, but there *are* certain basics (e.g. learning to write relatively well in your native tongue) that you *should* be good at. Those basics are taught in elementary school, and they're not difficult skills to master. No one is saying that you need to write the Next Great Novel, but you do have to have the skills and intelligence to make your point and have it understood by other reasonably intelligent people.
One of my friends is dyslexic *and* very intelligent. Yes, he makes typos, but I can still understand what he's saying. While the delivery is quite important, it's far more important to have an actual thought process behind what you're trying to say. Verbal diarrhea is not a terribly valid thought process.
There is such a thing as common sense also that the OP missed in his "letter" and that my generation is lacking. It's just obvious.
Amen.
Although, I suppose everyone goes through a phase of learning what is and isn't appropriate. We're just unfortunate that for us, it happens where EVERYONE can see you act like an assh*le.
I happen to know someone who could arguably be called the most stupid person in the world. But she wasn't always like that. She had inferior schooling because she didn't perform well in elementary school. Instead of learning, she always strolled around with her buddies. Mind you, she completed two apprenticeships, but the best apprenticeship is worth nothing if too little knowledge is retained. She flat out refuses to learn anything new, and as a result she has a really bad memory. She's blatantly ignorant and audacious. And yet, she lives a life. I always wonder what her strengths are, because I can't seem to recognize any. Perhaps it's somewhere in the emotional arena, or something. I have no idea. I could not lead such a life, the whole notion is completely alien to me.
And still, I think she could do better if she'd start evolving, or just seeing that there are other things in the world than just herself. Some people get by with so little personality, while others put such burdens on themselves. Which way is better?
And still, I think she could do better if she'd start evolving, or just seeing that there are other things in the world than just herself. Some people get by with so little personality, while others put such burdens on themselves. Which way is better?
