Summary Of What's The Matter With Kids Today By Amy Goldwasser

Amy Goldwasser wrote an article called “What’s the matter with Kids today?” in which she addresses the belief that technology is destroying kids and creating a generation of ignorance. She explains how there really is nothing wrong with kids in today’s generation besides the fact many adults fear the unknown and they lack the acceptance of new technology. Goldwasser starts off her article by stating the “latest takedown” to the belief that teenagers are consumed by technology was by Common Core, an organization that sets academic standards for math and English. She explains how they did a survey of 1,200 17 year olds but did the survey via landline, which she emphasizes is outdated now that most people just have a cell phone by putting

Goldwasser goes on to say that Doris Lessing, an author, stated that “young men and women…have read nothing...” in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Goldwasser continues by saying that teenagers are joined together through social media and would voluntary write about themselves rather than having to write a paper for school. Out of all the teenagers in the Common Core survey ninety-seven percent knew that Martin Luther King gave the “I Have a Dream” speech and eight in ten knew what the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about. She explains how this is knowledge is a good thing and needs to be encouraged, and that internet is turning teenagers into “honest documentarians” which scares adults because teenagers know things adults do not. Goldwasser goes on to explain how teenagers are becoming endorsers with this technology, allowing them to have a say in the latest trends, politics, ect. In fact teenagers have accentually made MySpace worth $580 million and “Juno” and Oscar winner.” Common Cores survey also found that one in four teens did not know Adolf Hitler’s role in history, but Goldwasser does not blame internet for this lack of knowledge she blames the parents saying that if only they had introduced the topic to them via internet they