Rate this book

Generation Iy: Our Last Chance To Save Their Future (2010)

by Tim Elmore(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0578063557 (ISBN13: 9780578063553)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Poet Gardener Publishing

review 1: Elmore feels that the generation of young people born from 1984 to 2002 are doomed. DOOOOOOMED! This is because they have grown up overprotected and isolated from real world experiences. He has a list of nine lies that we tell kids, which are all spot on. It is altogether a good summary of this generation and the challenges that they face. But there are a few flaws. 1) The author is very down on modern technology and its influence on the values of young people and the relationships that they form. But his complaint seems to be chiefly that young people rely TOO MUCH on technology. It is true that like any activity (reading, working out) online gaming and social networking can be used to excess. But how it is intrinsically bad? Seriously parents - make a rule requiring that... more all cell phones are docked at the front door and don't put electronics in your kids' bedrooms. Problem solved!2) The game of Second Life is described completely wrong. I couldn't even tell what game he was talking about at first. I had to look online to see if there was some other version of Second Life that I was unaware of. And again, his only real complaint about it is that it can be overused and become the only form of relationship that a person knows. The game of Second Life is hardly the cornerstone of the book, but it did make me wonder what else he completely misrepresented.3) The gender thing. I was full of foreboding when I saw that the forward was written by the president of Chick-Fil-A. Whenever gender is brought up in the book, it is brought up in a way that makes me roll my eyes or squirm. Gender bending and homosexuality is dismissed as a chemical mutation caused by BPA plastics. A whole chapter is devoted to the "special" problem of iY generation boys, whose education has been derailed by "misguided feminist educators." The same chapter worries about the devaluation of masculinity, and the absence of the questions, "Can I win the affection of a beautiful woman?" and "Am I competent to provide?" among young men anymore. In general, the book goes contain some interesting stories and good advice. But there is enough wrong with the book to make me hesitant about lending it out.
review 2: A must read book for all of generation, even if you are baby boomers gen!This book describe very detail and clear the best explanation of my generation, Y GenerationWe love freedom,technology savvy, high spirit, easy to get bored, fun, clumsy, but we really want to conquer and change the world we live.It seems like people in parents age cannot understand how to treat us because yeah,we are different!This is my favourite book in 2012. I am grateful i have read this before and i laugh a lot coz he resemble my life so much xD It is just...right description toward my generation :D less

Download links for: Generation Iy: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future

Advertising