re: Are millenials the dumbest generation ever?

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The majority of people my age that I associate with are in no way what many on this board perceive millennials to be.

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Oh I think there are stinking generalities forwarded here. No question. I also think, if one dials in some late 1960's hippie interviews, there are similarities with millennial stereotypes being criticized here.

But with conclusion of the cold war, there were also gradual changes in social, civic, political, economic and historical curricular emphases. That impacted curiosity and competence in those areas.

e.g., In review of Jefferson, there is now greater emphasis on great speculation involving Sally Hemmings as opposed to origins of the Declaration of Independence, Compromise of 1790, etc.

Superficially, that fact is not necessarily bad or good. But insofar as the next step is for Hemmings to be used to discount or disregard Jefferson's intellectuality or contributions, it leads many new students to lack understanding of national foundations aside from slavery.