having spent a day listening to the largely right wing views on the report about decreasing intellegence, the issue was picked up by a largely liberal panel on national radio.
they referenced the flynn report, but rather than emphasising the decrease in iq, they noted the increase in violent behaviour and promiscuity
i noted yesterday how the righties saw the report and what was to blame through their world view. well, it was exactly the same from the left. rather than too much pc, it was the fault of the evil corporations, advertising junk food to children and putting violence on tv.
the one thing both sides agree on (and picked to discuss) was the influence of peer pressure, as in "my kid is ok, its those other ones who are dragging the down".
at last, consensus! the real reason kids are more violent, more promiscous and less intellegent is OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
i have the feeling that if i really want to figure out what is going on, i;ll have to track down the original report
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And what's really worrying is that this is the first time in history we have been worried about the younger generation :-)
ReplyDeleteactually, if you read some of the new coverage about youth, its not so much worried, as scared
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