I am astounded at the ignorance of young people today. Can you prove me wrong?

Question

If this question should be "flagged" because someone was insulted, that will only confirm my feelings.

they have more going on? Many of them are "street wise" but very immature, illiterate, and ignorant by most standards.

Excuse me, "They" with a capital letter.

I'm referring primarily to kids in their teens. Open up your eyes and look around, it's obvious. Their spelling and use of language is atrocious, they can't read maps, fill out applications without help. Also, they are ignorant about current events and expressing themselves and have difficulty functioning in society.

I should have been more "specific" when asking my question. I'm talking about lack of education and maturity
You can't compare an elderly person because they fear "new" things to what I am saying here. I'm not talking about intelligence, simply their lack of education. In past generations people were more educated.

It's clear to me how "uneducated" our youth are in America. You can't even compare the education of our past generations with the education young people are receiving today. Each successive generation is less educated than their predessessors.

Answer 1

I fear that i cant as i feel the same way.
The youngsters of today has been given a chance to make a difference , given all the tools, knowledge and freedom of choice and still they mess up some way or the other, that does not apply to all, but the majority.

Given a chance to change the situations , having learnt fom their parents mistakes and still ignorant too the fact.

They need to acknowledge that "Ignorance is Bliss"

Answer 2

Interesting. Now by young people what do you mean. I am 30 and consider myself to still be young, now the 6-10 year olds that I work with feel I am ancient, but it is all abou perspective. If you are talking about the teens that are currently out there, then I would have to amend that.

I think it depends on where you look. There is tons of ignorance in every corner and age. It all just takes on different forms. Older people are scared to death of computers and cell phones. My grandfather won't touch either, but nephew has never known a world where he can't hop on line.

He is a smart kid, still young, but he tries and understands things. He works out it. Is he ignorant, well yes, but so am I, so are you, about so many things...I would disagree with you about being "astounded" as a ton of people from young to old I would consider ingnorant and all of them have a different opinion of what that means.

I would agree with you on one point. I live in New York City. I say excuse me, please, and thank you. I was raised that way. I also was raised to take care of what is around you, because if you don't who will. I used to live in Astoria near the park, which was very well maintained and had a very close and caring community. I now live in the north end of Manhattan and I see garbage left by everyone. No one cares about their neighborhood, and it shows. It could be a nice area, but why use the trash cans if I can just throw it on the ground. Why pick up my dog crap, it's not my sidewalk, even if it is. I witness this in a lot of the city teens...But at the same time this is not new. This has been passed down in this city generation after generation...it just gets more prevalent each generation as they see the lack of carrying from the previous two or three...Hence why our subways are such a mess and smells of any number of bodily functions.

You want to stop the ignorance get out and do something, teach educate, that is the only way it stops. I do it and even if it is only a few kids at a time, the word spreads, learning can be infectious if it is fun.

I don't know if this proved you wrong or not, but at least it was long winded.

Answer 3

Ignorance? An intelligent person would acknowledge that such a general and insultive statement would require an example for their findings.

Our youth is by no means stupid. They simply have more going on in their lives then people did 20, 30, even 40 years ago.

With the internet, television, satellite radio stations, and other countless means of communication this generation is by far one of the most informed yet.

Answer 4

first you would have to prove their ignorance.

i think the young people of today aren't ignorant, perhaps just not well informed. and that would make the parents at fault, not necessarily the kids. all older generations fear for the choices of the next. all older gens seem to think the next one is seriously going to sh#t. Yet, we now have cell phones, ipods, safer cars, and better medicine. all enhanced by the generations who worked on these ideas, all of which came after a generation that said the next one would never accomplish anything.

I think we need perspective, understanding, and communication to effectively connect with those younger than us. Times change, technology advances, an as a thirty three year old mom (who works with kids quite a bit younger than me) we must not insult their intelligence, but try to open their minds. They said my "tv" generation would never amount to anything, that it would rot our minds, yet so many of us have created amazing things in our time.

Answer 5

I truly doubt they are any worse then we were at their age. If they are and considering youngsters tend to learn from example its as poor if not worse a reflection on us in the "older generation" then on them. At least they have the excuse of inexperience, we should've known better.

Answer 6

You Bet!! Durning the Renaissance and at Sir Issac Newton's last ball Einstine and him were just remarking on the very same thing!!

Answer 7

Sweeping generalizations like yours are nearly always wrong. I know plenty of intelligent, interested young people. And plenty of moronic, ignorant old people. Contrary to popular belief, ignorance is not confined to any race, religion, creed or age group.

Answer 8

Most of the young people I know are NOT ignorant (when it comes to computers and games), otherwise FUGEDDABAHDIT !!!!

Answer 9

That's a generalization, and it's probably based on anecdotal evidence rather than empiricism.

Answer 10

Me knot ignorent.