I think new generation is smarter evry time.. Like when my parents where my age they didn't had such thing as computer and no such thing as Internet.. They learned it when they had about 30 years.. But I in my 14 years know lot more about computers then they in theyr age.. And the next generation which will have more usefull staff will learn more and faster then I wil.. Maybe it's by the knowledges in us.. We know that knew our parents + what we have learned.. So the next generation will know more of the 21st century sience more and more things get clearlyer.. Maybe there is diffrent type of resulution but I think like that..

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no you just had the technology at your hands at a younger age. If it was around when you parnets were your age they would have learned just as quickly

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Well i am 13 now, Soon 14 (24th march ), i Know loads of Computers, Programming, Designing and all cool stuff, i do NOT smoke (yay free car license cash ^^), so its problety becouse of my parents, my dad is good with Computers to so i problety got it from him.

~ Arne-Christian

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No. Kids are smarter, but lack judgement. Kids are down right stupid in terms of lacking judgement. And although I am not really a kid, I still fit in around that age group. I see other kids our there doing drugs. You can hardly find a kid that hasn't done drums or smoked before. Peer pressure rules in the lives of young kids and teens as they struggle to fit in. The recipe equals? Disaster, we find suicide a daily occurence and everyday someone is partying and drives home drunk putting others and himself in harms way.

Although we may be more technologically advanced as far as game boy and computers, we grew up with it where as our parents did not. The problem is that the information passed down that helped our mom and dad is not "sticking" in kids today. They see the new world of technology where airbags should save your lives and where we can fly at supersonic speeds. What do they get? Some old fashioned information like don't drink and do drugs or smoke, and then see everyone else doing it and it IS the cool thing to do. This is just my opinion. Smarter, but lacking the judgment needed to cope with daily life and life saving and character building decisions. No offense to any kids out there, I am included with you in this.

 

 

 

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I think that the youngour generation are more intelligent because they are exposed to the newest tehnology and apparently they have better techers than we used to have also they are starting to use all these online learning sites like bbc bitsize and other sites like that but i could be completly wrong and it could have nothing to do with any of that and its just in there jeans given to them by there parents, or there parents are making them work harder than normal because they want them to get good jobs

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Texting, Myspace, and playing video games doesn't make kids smarter. I've heard too many kids say we had to attack Iraq for what "they" did to "us" on 9/11. Even now, many young people support John McCain to stop those Iranians from destroying the US and Israel with their secret nuclear weapons.

Young people are ignorant and a disgrace to the history of our country. Previous generations would be marching on Washington, protesting US imperialism, yet today's generation can't pull themselves away from their XBox 360s long enough to notice what's happening in the world.

Texting, Myspace, and Wii are the best thing that's ever happened for those who wish to destroy freedom in this country. The only way to get young people riled is to unplug their game consoles, which won't happen since video games are a great babysitter.

Also, do kids have the Constitutional right to bear arms? Of course not. Juveniles do not have Constitutional rights. Their rights are a legal extension of their parents rights. Oddly, but legally, children are regarded as the property of their parents, and therefore gain rights from their parents. It seems, though, that some entities don't realize this and are treating minors as if they do have direct constitutional rights. Hence, corporal punishment has been banned in many states, teachers fear violating the rights of students, and parents fear a visit from social services for spanking or otherwise violating the rights of their kids. The fact that kids don't have direct constitutional rights is why abortion is protected. In order to ban abortion, children (including the unborn) must be granted Constitutional rights.

No, young people are not more intelligent. They're more spoiled, and their parents and govts. are responsible for it.

Keep in mind that their are many exceptional young people out there. I'm only talking about some kids and parents, and how technology is making them dysfunctional.

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ROFL!

Haha, I completely agree with you.... especially about the myspace part
Anyways, you are quite correct. I have definitely noticed that many people my age are very, very, unintelligent.

Honestly, it is getting ridiculous....

One thing I have also noticed, is complete disregard for authority. Now, I'll admit, I have a disregard for authority, but only when they abuse their power, or are just plain wrong. But the specific example I am thinking of is cell phones during class times. My school has a policy that does not allow cell phones to be used during class, and many teachers do not allow you to use MP3 player, etc. during class times. Its really quite appalling to see all the people that have a complete disregard for this rule and think that it is unfair when they get rebuked for it! What the nuts people!

Anyways, time to bring this to a close. I do not think that young people are more intelligent that adults. If anything, the majority of them are getting worse everyday. We may know about computers, etc. than our parents, but trust me, the majority of young people could be considered legally retarded.

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I think the younger generation is smarter because I am in it ;D

Anyways, yes I think the younger generation is smarter. They learn from the mistakes the last generation made, like polluting, wars, violence, smoking, alcohol, disobeying laws, murder, suicide, racism, etc. Also, because we grow up seeing the bad things and learning to make it better. That's what the younger generation is taught to do.

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about this
The Younger Generation Is More Intelligent !

To the OP

Intelligence can mean a couple of things.
Am 16 an I thought I was smart knowing, html, css, perl and currently learning java script but you would be suprised on how many people know these languages it kinda make me feel dumb :(

-reply by mike

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It seems the younger generation seem to be more tech savvy. For example, students at school whilst I was attending Primary school in the mid 90s tend to be more smarter on tech-savvy products and learning products. Computers are a blatantly obvious example, with most students tend to know more about computers than "most" teachers, especially the older teachers. But when it comes to the programming side of things, yes, obviously younger people and those in their 20s or even early 30s tend to know a lot about code, the backend and how the programs/applications (especially on the internet side of things), work.

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