Never got below an A on a paper at UT. I rarely did required reading either. All you have to do is use sources on wiki articles. If it's an upper level research paper you find good source material then uses google books to search for keywords. Instant quotes.
Not in my opinion. I didn't have internet growing up most of the time. When I went to college and had access 24/7, everything was way easier. At that time (early 2000's) most instructors still wanted book/physical sources, but you knew exactly what you were looking for or what a book contained before you even walked into the library. Saved so much time.
That depends on your instructor. I had instructors who looked for that (wiki article sources) and dropped the hammer if you didn't have anything else.
not as easy. we had AIDS, no smart phones, dial up internet, standard definition TV, couldn't rip of papers off the internet.
Here's a good companion/response article, Indy: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wait-but-why/generation-y-unhappy_b_3930620.html
And then there is this: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/generation-y-millennials-entitled-poor I didn't realize this was on people's minds so much.
Gracious, did anyone read the 1-50 one liners? Stubborn, foolish, lazy, and disrespectful come to mind. Funny to see "49. We have morals." put in there after everything else that was said.
The things hurting us the most are self-inflicted. http://reason.com/archives/2014/09/18/americas-self-inflicted-economic-wounds/
As someone who went to college over ten years ago and has now returned, here's my opinion. Technology has no doubt made research easier. Teachers though are inclined to give more homework, because a lot of them use online platforms like Wiley or McGraw Hill that grade it for them. Socially, times are worse imo. It's all about electronic communication. Social media has turned many young folks into socially inept people with inflated senses of self-importance. I'm of the age where sarcasm reigned supreme, and that is completely lost on this younger generation, I guess because it's not easily conveyed in short text messages. Many would be shocked how much my sarcasm gets taken for truth. I do miss the days when we were less connected and info wasn't so readily available.
I am not sure if "ironic" is the correct word - but for this writer to claim that her generation does not need corporate America or whatever seems ironic to me given that this is the most consumer-driven generation in world history. Their entire identity is tied to what they buy and consume.
Some of these statements are amazingly awful. Blanket statements are always the best: "Sarcasm is lost on this generation." "This generation doesn't know how to communicate." "I do miss the days where we were less connected and info wasn't so readily available." I suppose the endearing traits of laziness, ignorance and grand ideas of delusion were all created, fostered, and mastered by the Millenials. It's a good thing none of these traits were acquired from the multitude of superior past generations.
Don't take any of it too seriously. We'll say it about the next generation too. The only thing I've gotten from all of this is to be mindful of not judging the next group too harshly or too soon. After all, where did they come from? Who raised them?
Generally speaking, I find today's young people to be arrogant and self-indulgent...not necessarily lazy, but lacking true commitment and ambition. Far too entitled. No emotional durability. Exaggerated sense of talent and worth. Looking back, reminds me a little of myself back in the day.
