Blog 2

When I first started reading Generation Me, I didn’t really like it at all. I thought it was God awful. As I progressed reading it though, it became more interesting to me. I know the book is obviously about generational differences, but I do not like how many generalizations are made. Granted, when reading it it did make me think of people I knew, like “hey, I know people who do that.” Even though, because of age, I am a part of generation me, I do not feel like I follow all of the things Twenge talks about.
For my summary strong response paper, I think I might write about generation me and sex. Just like the students Twenge had mentioned in her book, I think it is the most noticeable generational change. Perhaps I could write about the changes on the act of sex and on the idea of it; what people thought about it before and what people think about it now. I may also write about the consequences, good and bad, from the change.
While writing the paper, I hope to discover numerous things. I want to find out what caused it. Just like everything else that changes people want to know what caused it. That’s what I want to do with my topic; to find out what has changed since past generations that makes teenagers so okay with sex. Since it is not mentioned, that much in the book, I would also like to figure out how the older generations are taking to such changes.