http://speakunited.org/blog/carrie+weatherbee/%2A/%2A en http://speakunited.org/blog/carrie+weatherbee/2008/05/calling-youth-responses <p> I had just settled in for a cup of coffee this morning when this headline screamed at me on boston.com: &quot;<a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gallery/dumbestgeneration/" title="article">8 reasons why this is the dumbest generation</a>&quot;. This feature shows the reader eight reasons Mark Bauerlein, (author of the new book: <a href="http://www.dumbestgeneration.com/home.html">The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future</a>) gives to not trust anyone under 30. </p> <p> The author is a professor of English at Emory University and he is scheduled to moderate a chat on boston.com this Wednesday at noon. While I have a number of concerns about the “8 reasons,” there is one that is jumping to the forefront: </p> <p> <em>Why host a chat about youth at noon when youth are in school and will be unable to participate?</em> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://speakunited.org/blog/carrie+weatherbee/2008/05/calling-youth-responses">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://speakunited.org/blog/carrie+weatherbee/2008/05/calling-youth-responses#comments Increasing Opportunities for Youth Mon, 12 May 2008 14:28:35 -0500 Carrie Weatherbee 1037 at http://speakunited.org