Currently generation Y has been accused of being a selfish and spoiled generation. These accusations I believe has a lot to do with the writers of this topic. Due to the fact that the writers of the articles claiming that Generation Y is spoiled, leads me to the idea that the writers are not only from previous generations, but that they may be biased in their ideas. People are writing articles with the conclusion that Generation Y has become very dependent their parents. People are speaking of Generation Y as if they have done everything the wrong way. As a part of Generation Y I believe that we have been misjudged and technology has a big impact a side from the biased writers. I believe that Generation Y has come to be through our parents, which would be the previous Generations. We learn not only from teachers in a school setting we learn based on what is available to us such as the Internet. Technology has developed so much in the past few generations that Generation Y is completely dependent on technology. Technology has become part of our everyday lives and most people do not realize it. I understand that times have changed, but my generation does not have to look up books in the library any more, we Google them. My question is this a bad or a good thing? Is this hurting our brain’s development? Being so dependent on technology may hurt our health, development and adaption to the new world of technology that we are living in. It has come to my attention there is no solution to what will become of future generations but I am anxious to see what the world has in store for our future based on technology.
I choose the article “Gen Y: Who They Are and How They Learn” by Alison Black an associate professor of education at SUNY-Oneonta because it gives her credibility in the department of education. She evaluates the reactions of administrators at her college. In doing so she attends many meetings of the administrators and learns of the growing concern if Generation Y could and should be taught by past generations. I believe this is a good concern considering the fact that not all generations before Generation Y have very much experience with technology. This leads me to the idea that maybe technology has advanced so rapidly some past generations may have not been able to keep up. Given so Generation Y should be able to learn just as well as any other generation.
Black questions the quality of education in the article “Gen Y: Who They Are and How They Learn”. Black starts off with the question of whether or not the generation gap has any effect on Generation Y’s learning process. Following this question, Black analyzed the responses from Faculty in a Leadership Pilot Program, which included interviews of the administrators at Black’s college. A concern from the administrators was the adaptation to teaching today's students and meeting the needs of the students. Within her teaching, Black has found that students born in Generation Y have already adapted to the use of technology in everyday lives and communicate more with their parents.
Following the abilities learned from past generations there has been a great advancement in technology allowing for communication and learning to be faster than ever. Students are now more competitive. It is harder to get accepted to a University than it was in past generations. I have heard my grandparents tell me that if I go to college I will automatically get a job. In the current economy of the United States that may not be true. Being a second generation Mexican/American, I have learned that from generation to generation you learn from your family’s history. You see what has been accomplished throughout their education and decide what you want to do with yours. Given the skills of technology and the ability to adapt with the continual development of technology, there is no reason for my education to be compromised. Teachers and administrators also need to adapt to technology as their student already have.
Works Cited
Black, Alison. "Gen Y: Who They Are and How They Learn." Educational Horizons 88.2 (2010): 92-101. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 22 Mar. 2011
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