What generation is truly the dumbest generation? Many think it's the generation that are under the age of thirty, this essay disagrees and believes they are the smartest and have the most potential. Some sources used are Source B ( Sharon Begley) “Don’t be dumb” (2010). This article is about IQ scores and it has a lot of numbers and percentages about many other things comparing this generation and others. Source F (Thom James Carter) “What Gaming Does to Your Brain” (2021) This article is about the pros and cons of what gaming does to your brain and how that will affect you later on. Source: G (JJ McCullough) “Are We the Dumbest Generation? This article talks About how this generation is smart and overall better than other generations also…show more content… . . well, smart” (Mccullough source G) After saying this it shows that this generation is the most educated in many ways like technology and through technology they use it to get more information and knowledge. Another example is “if not outright expectation — of an ever-increasing percentage of high school grads'' (Mccullough source G). This shows that the people in this generation are getting more and more education and actually completing their high school education and getting more educated than others. All of these show that this generation is not the dumbest, but the most educated generation. With all the technology available, technology continues to improve people's skills and overall helps brain power “in 2021, there is potential to leverage gaming to be mentally more resilient, quicker, and smarter IRL” (Carter source F). This proves that technology doesn't make us dumber but overall makes us mentally smarter and…show more content… The people under the age 30 have high IQs and will continue to increase their IQ scores For this generation they have a lot of potential and they will keep increasing their IQ scores “IQ scores in every country that measures them including the united states, have been rising since the 1930” (source B) This evidence shows that IQ scores are constantly increasing proving that this generation is constantly getting smarter than the generation before. The standard on being smart is always changing “gen y cares less about knowing information then knowing where to find information” this is proving that you can't really test smartness based on how this generation acts but how this generation tests like IQ score. Overall this generation is just getting better and better at taking tests but they don't care as much about other things that involve learning but when they apply themselves they can do a
