By Fabiana Gabrielli e Bianca Ferreira Lots of people talk about Generation Y’s superficiality. Researchers find that it takes Gen Y more written pages, to say less, compared to past generations. Also, it’s often stated that the time they spend on the web, robs them of a dedicated attitude to deeper issues. They are supposedly [...]
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By Eline Kullock Today I come not with answers, but with questions. Lately, I’ve been hearing lots of people complaining about how Gen Y doesn’t have the same sense of respect other generations had. They don’t really respect their parents, their elders, or even their Professors. Past generations, knew that their parents had gone through [...]
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Mauro Segura I look around, and realize how much new technologies are slowly but surely, invading schools and Universities. My son studies “Engineering and Production” at the University “UFRJ.” His Economics Professor Maura Montella, asked her class to complete a project, in which the finished product would be a video about the black market.
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Posted in Artikullocks, Education, Generation on jul 2nd, 2009
The new website “Unithrive” aims to match Harvard students in financial need, with Harvard alumni who are willing to make interest free loans to support these students in their educational pursuits. What makes Unithrive particularly interesting is that most of this “social networking” “lending” and “borrowing” will most likely take place between different generations. Most [...]
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Posted in Education, Generation Y, Youtube on jun 16th, 2009
I’ve already written about how unprepared and unqualified many Brazilian teachers are. However, I haven’t yet spoken about how unprepared our own children are, when it comes to learning. The 2009 June edition of the Brazilian magazine “ISTO E,” contained an article titled ““Profissão de risco: professor” (“Teachers: A Risky Profession.”) The fact is that [...]
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I often hear people complaining that Generation Y doesn’t know how to write. They make grotesque grammar and spelling mistakes. And on top of that, they speak a different language, one that older people, can’t understand. Their language consists of slang and acronyms, and it’s often impossible to decipher. Yet generation Y doesn’t seem to [...]
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