Generation Stupid -- Yep, it is as it appears to be...

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... study.html

Students! You work less and you know less. At the same time, you think far more highly of yourselves than preceding generations.

Couple that with recent New York Times articles on the laziness of new college graduates -- http://legalinthecity.typepad.com/my-bl ... -lazy.html and Forbes -- http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyclay/2 ... just-lazy/ and the National Review - http://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta- ... han-harden# - and it doesn't look good for you young folks!

20-something folks! Consider that you may not be as awesome as you think you are.

[Bella Fortuna]

I think too much of myself to read anything from the Daily Mail.

[Coito ergo sum]

I think too much of myself to read anything from the Daily Mail.

Alternate source, albeit without the snazzy photos of teens admiring themselves narcissistically in their mirrors...lol -- http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/28 ... tars-study

[Jason]

Yes. The new generation sucks. Do they even have a letter?

[Ayaan]

Generation E(gotistical)?

[Coito ergo sum]

Yes. The new generation sucks. Do they even have a letter?

Generation N for "Needs a kick in the ass."

[Tero]

The music sucks. It's not the musicians. Lack of dynamics. There is only LOUD.

[Coito ergo sum]

The music sucks. It's not the musicians. Lack of dynamics. There is only LOUD.

From the popularity of Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, it's not just the volume.

[Animavore]

The counter-culture will save us.

[Coito ergo sum]

Are kids getting too much praise? http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/2 ... ch-praise/

A cover story in this month’s Scholastic Instructor magazine asks whether kids today are “overpraised.” The concern is that by focusing on self-esteem and confidence building, parents and teachers may be giving real goals and achievement short shrift. The article cites a recent study in which eighth graders in Korea and the United States were asked whether they were good at math. Among the American students, 39 percent said they were excellent at math, compared to just 6 percent of the Korean eighth graders. But the reality was somewhat different. The Korean kids scored far better in math than the over-confident American students.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/2 ... ch-praise/

[Coito ergo sum]

I used to see a lot of bumper stickers that said something like "Proud Parent of Honor Student at XYX High School!" And, such -- those went away, and were replaced by "Proud Parent of a Terrific Kid at XYZ High School!" LoL -- made me want to puke. ORLY! Your kid is "terrific?" Imagine that....

[Jason]

Terrific

3. causing terror; terrifying.

[hadespussercats]

Boy I tell you, these kids today, with their hair and their clothes...

[Coito ergo sum]

Boy I tell you, these kids today, with their hair and their clothes...

I try to be mindful of the fact that every generation says the same shit about the newer generations. But, the evidence does seem to be mounting that this latest batch of kids born from, like, the late 1980s on, have been coddled to the extreme and are not well educated or disciplined.

[hadespussercats]

We get worse and worse.