are young people really smarter these days?

Question

i know young people these days are more educated and all but is it just bookish language? are they really smart? personally i find young people to be very shallow. what do you think?

Answer 1

Quite the opposite. Young people have more technical knowledge, but have little drive to increase their intelligence.

Answer 2

If you're talking about just the brain function for solving problems, uhh.... no. My observation as a high school student is that the lessons and questions given to students these days are oversimplified and easy, so it doesn't really make them more intelligent. They're merely in a more technologically advanced society today. However, aren't all young people shallow anyway in that stage of their life? It does take a bit of aging or studious effort for a young person to be distinguished from the rest. :)

Answer 3

The term “smart” is subjective; I think to say younger people are smarter today is a highly imbalanced suggestion. Civilization has changed and quite frankly teens are no longer “needed” which I believe has a huge impact on their behaviour; because they are not given responsibility (besides school; where the majority tend to socialize instead of study) they are extremely immature.

In this day and age the resources young people require in order to attain knowledge is available, sadly because they are too distracted with insignificant silliness they don’t take advantage of it. I think it appropriate to say that in terms of behaviour, the adolescents of today are far more immature as well as disrespectful. I believe behaviour and intelligence are closely tied; bad behaviour results in stupidity and vice versa.

Answer 4

short answer is no... (and I think the observation of more education is only correct in the sense of the amount of time kids go to school, however, the quality of that time, i think is not very good.) I think the reason it seems like the younger generation seems smart is because those with the want and the ability, have greater access to information (YAY internet.)

Answer 5

Shallow is a peronsality aspect and not really a gaugement of their intellect. I think young people have greater access to knowledge nowadays. Smart simply means educated in an elevated manner. Doesn't mean your personality elevated along with it.

Answer 6

I think it depends on the person and how they were raised. Certain people could be very well educated but not be street smart whereas others can be both, and still others can be neither and so on and so forth.

Answer 7

i'm 21 and I think I'm part of a generation of morons, myself included. I know alot of things, I'm like a dictionary. But I lack the ability to see paterns, innovate and put my thoughts into actions. I know so much about the third world and famines, but I don't know how to help!!! It's ridiculous, what's the point of knowing something if you can't use this knowledge for the greater good???

Answer 8

As a high school student I have to say that we have more learning opportunities than people of past generations did. The whole school system has changed. People are still the same.

Answer 9

Young people seem to have a lot of technical knowledge but seem to be lacking in practical skill and problem solving skills. They may be smarter in some ways but they don't seem to be able to apply it to work and life.

Answer 10

They are no more or less smart than they have ever been - however - I think it's OUR FAULT that they do things and act 100 time less intelligent than they have in past generations.

It's our fault because in trying to give them the best life possible, to give them what they need instead of forcing them to figure out how to get it on their own, in trying to spare them the strife and difficulty we experienced, we are denying them the challenges that build character and autonomy.