http://www.statenews.com Every time I hear a sentence that starts with “Kids these days � “ a negative assumption about Generation Y is sure to follow. Some parents, professors and peers think society has taken a dive into immorality rather than into progress within the past 20 years. en-us Foundry4 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:23:05 -0400 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:34:10 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16133/view “Our willingness to fight back may not be as visible as when students formed tent cities along the Red Cedar River, marched to the capital and blocked roads in protest of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s…” But hundreds of students DID fight back, in a march March 20 to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. I’m sorry TSN refuses to acknowledge this for whatever reason, but it happened. So don’t claim the only “student activism” we engage in anymore is setting up pointless Facebook groups. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:54:19 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16133/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16136/view Good points, but I also think our generation is one of apathy. Heck, I’m guilty of it myself. We may create all the blogs and facebook groups and email chains in the world, but ultimately we’re hiding behind our computers and not many are actually doing anything about anything. Woohoo – 1,000,000 strong for Stephen Colbert! If one million people actively attempted to get him to the Presidential nomination, it would happen. Ultimately, it just ends as fluff and a joke. Online personas and groups are nice, but real action needs to be taken. Write to your local, state, and federal representatives. Heck, become a representative rather than complain about the sad state of affairs created by those running the joint. In general I’m not seeing this kind of activity, and we’ll still have things run by the extreme political dorks that have been doing the same thing for the past 50 years! Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:02:42 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16136/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16264/view The article isn’t all about only war protests. It briefly examines our generation as opposed to the hippies in the 60s and 70s. Let’s face it people, our generation is getting dumber. Think about it. We let computers do everything for us, from math calculations to reports. You know you have all copy and pasted at one point. The question is whether technology will eventually cramp solidarity and act as a negative influence on society. Will the machines overtake human beings and form a “Brave New World” landscape? Time will tell, although it seems far off. But our generation needs credit. We will be here in 50 years when all members of the Generation X breed will be gone. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:39:32 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16264/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16278/view You cannot really assume that our generation is getting dumber just because we are using technology to aid us in our studies. In the far past, many people worked with their bare hands and did not use any machines to aid them. However as our world progressed, machines were invented to help out with our tasks. Do you think just because many of us do not know the first thing about how to farm, or sew, or build homes, that we are automatically “dumber” than the generation before? Just because new systems come into play that make life easier, we still have to learn how to use the systems, and in turn, learn something that past generations did not know. Also, because of technology we are exposed to more learning material than other generations and this could also cause us to become “smarter” than the past generations. But, I guess it is up to individuals who use the technology in the first place. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:34:10 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16278/view