When I first began reading Gen Me I was surprised at how judgmental it made me. I am at the far end of the gap and at first I found myself nodding my head and thinking “those darn kids”. It was later that I realized what I had let this book do to me. I don’t believe that ALL of Generation Me behaves that way. I have known some wonderful, selfless, truly intelligent people in the age grouping. I certainly didn’t want to be lumped In with what they were saying about them and I am sure that most of you were offended by the stereotypes too, but this book made you think. It makes you take a look at the world around you and the changes we may have missed because we are so busy.
I am not completely sure what I want to write about, but I am leaning towards the issues of self-esteem and unreached expectations. I wonder if gen me was set up to fail by a school system afraid to let them learn to fail and parents who bow to their every whim, creating these kids who are unable to truly succeed on their own.
I hope to find more in myself from this writing. I hope that I will be able to do well and really write something of consequence. I would like to see things from my reader’s point of view and write something that accurately portrays my thoughts and ideas.
I agree, there are many people that I know too that do not fit into the generalizations. Contrary to that, when reading, there were certain people that came to mind when she was describing characteristics.
ReplyDeleteI think the self-esteem issue is a good topic to write about.
Interesting comment about schools. A question you might explore is if this was partly driven by schools or if the local school district is reflecting expectations of the community.
ReplyDelete