The Dumbest Generation?

Though it seems logical to think that because all this technology can help us perform tasks easier, we are dumber, there is more to the argument. As technology keeps becoming more widely available to us, I believe we need additional skills to be able to use it. Just look at the jobs that have been created. Instead of having to buy or inconveniently find a newspaper to read, which again in my opinion, few under the age of thirty would do, we can set Google news as our homepage and get those headlines the second we start up an internet browser. Its convenient and because everything is right there, some of us might actually take advantage of this.

However, I have to agree with some of what Mark Bauerlein said in "The Dumbest Generation". I think he was spot on when he said how much our generation is only interested in each other. Surveys don't lie and the facts show that our generation is falling behind. But you have to ask yourself, how is this my fault? In my opinion it is the parent's responsibility to educate their sons and daughters of culture, arts, history, so that their children have some knowledge before they enter public education. This leads me to my next point. Though some parents may be at fault, clearly our public education system needs a revising. You barely need to try anymore in high school to pass and the only reason to be in high school is to get out of it. This is even true in college which most kids go to just to get a degree. Few actually pay thousands a year because they want to learn something. We basically only care about what we think is important.