Is it just me or do most of them have giant gaps in their knowledge about common sense things?

Seems to generally revolve things that have changed with technology, which makes sense, but man it is striking sometimes.

You'll go about having a normal conversation and then all of a sudden you hit something you thought everyone knew about and they have no clue.

I must be getting old.

8/19/2008 5:45:51 PM

like any other human interaction, I think it just depends on which ones you meet

8/19/2008 5:49:02 PM

where's hooksaw with his doctrinae magistrum

8/19/2008 5:49:03 PM

i read a book recently that referred to:

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"a standard 802.11g 5.1ghz network"

i was all like

8/19/2008 5:54:35 PM

I completely agree.

Just the other day I tried to strike up an innocent conversation about my He-Man Action figurine collection with a very attractive, high school I'm assuming, female. Of particular interest to me is the classic Masters of the Universe series introduced between 1981 and 1982 which included such awesomeness as Mer-Man, Stratos, and my personal favorite: Skeletor.

She looked at me as if I had a second head growing out of my shoulder, smacked her twice mouth twice- I'm guessing because she had some bubblecious action going on in there, and just walked away.

What a bitch.

8/19/2008 6:01:26 PM

^^^ You rang?

Millennial generation often expects technology, immediacy in classroom

Quote :

"[Kathy Schmidt, director of the Cockrell School of Engineering] said that millennials have been greatly influenced by the fact that they were born in a time period that made enormous technological leaps and constantly delivered the message that 'you are special' and 'everyone is a winner.'"

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"Kathy Schmidt went on to say that the characteristics prevalent in millennials also lead to major differences between them and previous generations in the workplace"

http://tinyurl.com/6g29e7

The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)

http://tinyurl.com/yrd7ep

8/19/2008 6:12:04 PM