The Dumbest Generation

I strongly disagree with the idea that we are the dumbest generation. I think is what the author was talking about was the fact that our generation does not seemed to be concerned as much about past literature pieces and proper usage of language. The fact is that just because our generation does not quote Shakespeare or is not concerned with every single detail of world war two does not mean that we are stupid. The author talks about how our average test scores are lower than that of when he went to school and the truth is that test scores do not mean everything. There are many things that the author tends to overlook or at least does not put forth in the video in that our generation has a much higher percentage of high school and college graduates than his. The fact that in the past students who were not mentally gifted would tend to drop out of school before graduating which means that these students scores were not accounted for in the standardized testing which means that the scores of the past should be higher. Also students of today are introduced to much more information than students of the past. We are forced to learn everything that our parents learned plus the information of the events that took place in between our generation and theirs. The author leaves out many third party factors and I find that due to this he has provides a bias against our generation. The author obviously made up his mind before doing his studies and writing his book and is only looking for information that support his opinion.