Friday, September 23, 2011
Blog #4
To be honest, I was almost a little offended by what Bauerlein had to say. When he said 52% of high school seniors picked Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy as an ally over the Soviet Union my reaction was so what. I'm sure most of that 52% are working as janitors or doing hard labor in a place where their intelligence isn't really necessary. Those kids probably aren't running the country or doing something where they can make any impact one everyone else. I think Bauerlein is a little jealous at what we have today. I also think he didn't have many friends going up so it bothers him all these people are socializing in a bunch of ways. In most senior classes, there are the kids that go straight into the work force and have a minimal impact on everyone else. Than there are the kids that go to prestigious schools who will end up working the important jobs that affect others. What is this guy so worried about? Either way by the time our generation is making all the decisions for the country this guy is going to be in 70s so I don't know why he cares so much. I personally think this guy needs to just sit back and chill. He needs stop trying to make a buck off of his generalization that our generation is dumb. He should worry about his own problems because as of right now, our generation isn't even a problem.
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Sounds like you felt really strongly about Bauerlein's article and video. I think it's important to note though, that regardless of your occupation, you make a contribution to and an impact on our society. I think it's interesting that you said our generation isn't a problem when a lot of our class discussions so far have been about gaming addictions, being fake, not appreciating the natural world around us.. stuff like that. I'd say our discussions have centered around the problem with our world today and the root of it coming from our generation.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Bauerlein's statements may have been a little strong and over exaggerated. On the other hand I think everyone has an affect on our society, even if it is just a small affect. Even people performing hard labor need minimal math and reading skills.
ReplyDeleteI think that Bauerlein is just jealous of what we have and that he was probably a loser back in the day. It's not like our smart phones can take tests for us. We still have to work hard and study.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree what what you're talking about, but in the end I'd still want those people to know the difference between our allies in WWII...but I think they do, so it's not really a problem. Plus, it's kind of a hard question because the Soviet Union WASN'T our ally in the beginning of the war so really they should ask people "Who eventually became our ally out of these countries..." and it's a possibility more people would get it right then.
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