Quote Originally Posted by rickytikki
im currently 15 so i guess im in this so called stupid generation. for the most part i get good grades for the most part except for stupid shit in like english class like grammer. there are definatly a lot of dumb shit people in my grade. But, what your saying is that there werent dumb shit people in 9th grade 40 years ago. i dont think humanity as de-evolved since then producing more dumb people, i think every1 can be just as smart as everyone else. I personally think its the work ethic that has declined with time and people think they can just do nothing pass high school slither through college and still get a good job. They will probably be able to pull it off because they'd be satisfied with an average life.
just my 2 cents
Work ethic has not declined if intelligent has not risen. Equillibrium must occur, or you have to acknowledge that intelligence has gone up as work ethic has gone down. We are building better computers and machines to do the work that our past generations had to manually do. That's a loss of ethic, but a gain in intelligence.

BTW: If anyone thinks kids are more dumb now than before, look at the average SAT scores of applicants in college. A 1300 in the year 2006 is like a 1000 in the year 1980.