Generation Z

Astronomer · 12-01-2010, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I do think parents let children get away with a lot more. My mother thinks it's rubbish how kids get away with being the center of attention all of the time when there should be quite time for adults to convene.

TBH this is what everyone says when every new generation comes along. When my parents were kids, their parents were probably saying "Gosh, kids today can get away with anything!" Then the generation Xs copped the flack. Then us Gen Ys got bagged out for being lazy or selfish. Now it's Generation Zs turn to be insulted.

The "Kids today..." statement has probably occurred all throughout time. Of course there's going to be generational differences because we've grown up in different worlds.

I currently teach kids who are 4-5 years old so they are bordering on Generation Z and the next generation which is apparently Generation Alpha. I think they are amazing. They are so cluey, and so much more multiliterate than I was at that age. They already know how to use computers when they get to school, the other day they were showing me how to do stuff on my iPhone, they can even interpret different camera angles and talk about how they mean different things (i.e. stuff that you do in fricken film studies!). It sounds like trivial stuff but all of it helps immensely with their literacy learning. And they were born in 2005-2006, they've only been on this earth for 4 or 5 years...