“Generation Z is always connect
Reference: BETHANY HIATT, The West Australian Updated September 15, 2013, 2:27 pm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/18937016/generation-z-is-always-connected/
This….really, not again! For once finding that one exact scholarly paper for a submission and this one needs to pop up.
This year is looking slim, but where is that one academic paper that will bounce my research proposal into play. Firstly the cost benefits of doing a research degree appeal to me, hello zero. The cost of education in Australia suffers many disparities and thus a predetermined amount will be repaid over time, hopefully within this decade.
Living in a rural setting to become socially isolated in an electronic cottage for some becomes part of one’s habitus. For generation Z, those aged now between 4 and 18 its all documented.
At least not all my dumb stuff is online, some ‘proof’ only lies in memories, maybe one significant moment in a photo album.
But with everything at their fingertips a post in a Teacher support group asked a class, “Me (to my 8th graders on an enrichment half day at warm up time): “So, this teacher group I belonged to had a post about kids not getting the right answer to a problem and I want to know if it’s your generation or if it was a local problem.”
Them (in the palm of my hand and intrigued): “What problem?”
Me: “What is the correct response to this statement: I’ve got chills.”
One boy, questioning and with a grin, “They’re multiplying?” Me: smiles
Two girls, in song, “And I’m losing control….” Me: “There’s hope for your generation, now let’s get started.” So, to the earlier poster, my experiment proved it was an aberration. This generation does know the “classics”. “
A Year of Rambling 