Comments on: Generation G http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/20/generation-g/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Geoff Cain http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/20/generation-g/comment-page-1/#comment-7170 Geoff Cain Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:53:02 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3732#comment-7170 Classifying people by when they were born does seem kind of arbitrary. I am an Aries and we tend not to believe such things. Classifying people by when they were born does seem kind of arbitrary. I am an Aries and we tend not to believe such things.

]]> By: Breanna Hite http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/20/generation-g/comment-page-1/#comment-5517 Breanna Hite Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:14:17 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3732#comment-5517 I think there can be some value in identifying the big events that an entire generation has experienced together. I don't think those categorizations are meant to be international. In the US, my generation (alternately called Gen Y, Millenials, Generation G, etc) has been shaped by the internet, Sept 11, and now maybe something like the Great Depression (depending on how bad it gets). I think it's a reasonable approach for sociologists to take in studying a generation. Of course the conclusions that are often made are as inaccurate for an individual as any stereotype, but for a picture of the group it's not too bad. One thing, I think, that will affect where we go is that we have far more information on the trials and errors of generations before us than they did on the generations that came before them. I think maybe that's where the generosity thing comes from; we can see that everything else has been tried and failed, so let's just do what's right and hope for the best. I think there can be some value in identifying the big events that an entire generation has experienced together. I don’t think those categorizations are meant to be international. In the US, my generation (alternately called Gen Y, Millenials, Generation G, etc) has been shaped by the internet, Sept 11, and now maybe something like the Great Depression (depending on how bad it gets). I think it’s a reasonable approach for sociologists to take in studying a generation. Of course the conclusions that are often made are as inaccurate for an individual as any stereotype, but for a picture of the group it’s not too bad.

One thing, I think, that will affect where we go is that we have far more information on the trials and errors of generations before us than they did on the generations that came before them. I think maybe that’s where the generosity thing comes from; we can see that everything else has been tried and failed, so let’s just do what’s right and hope for the best.

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