The Dumbest Generation
Synthesis Essay
Complete the Culminating Conversation exercise on page 166 of your textbook. You will have the entire class period on Tuesday to read and take notes on sources and the entire class period on Wednesday to write and revise. The assignment will be due at the start of the school day on Thursday. Use MLA format for citations. Do not use a formal works cited list; just include a list of the sources you use at the end of your paper. Your paper should be 2-3 pages single spaced. Paste your paper to this document and then submit it through google classroom.
The world is constantly changing with new technology and ideas. Technology is invented and innovated in order to help improve people’s lives. However, doubts inevitably arise on the negative effects of the same technology. In his book titled The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein claims, “those under age thirty constitute the ‘dumbest’ generation in modern history.” He says that students are no less intelligent or ambitious, but that their reading habits and general knowledge are diminishing (167). He blames the digital age and its distractions …show more content…
No other group of people in history has had so much information and so many ways to obtain the information than the millennials. While some choose to waste away in front of their laptops as depicted in Shelved, others choose to “geek out.” Technology cannot be harmful when used properly. It makes a vast amount of information of various topics easily accessible to everyone, especially young teens. Sharon Begley points out that according to a 2003 survey of managers, “employers are spending $1.3 billion a year to teach basic writing skills” (source 2). However, even if today’s youngsters do not have the information in their heads, they know where to find it. When the information is in their pockets in the form of smartphones, how can they be labelled the “dumbest
Complete the Culminating Conversation exercise on page 166 of your textbook. You will have the entire class period on Tuesday to read and take notes on sources and the entire class period on Wednesday to write and revise. The assignment will be due at the start of the school day on Thursday. Use MLA format for citations. Do not use a formal works cited list; just include a list of the sources you use at the end of your paper. Your paper should be 2-3 pages single spaced. Paste your paper to this document and then submit it through google classroom.
The world is constantly changing with new technology and ideas. Technology is invented and innovated in order to help improve people’s lives. However, doubts inevitably arise on the negative effects of the same technology. In his book titled The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein claims, “those under age thirty constitute the ‘dumbest’ generation in modern history.” He says that students are no less intelligent or ambitious, but that their reading habits and general knowledge are diminishing (167). He blames the digital age and its distractions …show more content…
No other group of people in history has had so much information and so many ways to obtain the information than the millennials. While some choose to waste away in front of their laptops as depicted in Shelved, others choose to “geek out.” Technology cannot be harmful when used properly. It makes a vast amount of information of various topics easily accessible to everyone, especially young teens. Sharon Begley points out that according to a 2003 survey of managers, “employers are spending $1.3 billion a year to teach basic writing skills” (source 2). However, even if today’s youngsters do not have the information in their heads, they know where to find it. When the information is in their pockets in the form of smartphones, how can they be labelled the “dumbest