Colleagues in Creativity

  Kaile and Linda.

The Dumbest Generation , by Mark Bauerlein.

I picked this book up at the library because of the title.


I always thought MY generation was the dumb one, but it seems the new generation of technology savvy kids is the generation the writer is describing--part of the "dumbing down of America" with Face-book and Twitter, etc.

He generally makes good sense, I think and has done a lot of homework--quoting surveys and studies aplenty.

He also remarks: "...instead of regarding youngsters as inferior minds and unformed egos in need of tutoring, educators should treat them as colleagues in creativity, voices at the community table with a unique perspective."

I appreciate that comment and believe that our Creative Workshop is in that direction. 

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