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In Reply to: RE: I'm sorry to hear about this. posted by genungo on August 28, 2014 at 06:51:54
...or even in his vocabulary at all. ;-)
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Thanks (?) to intensive media exposure, the internet, cellphones, etc.., children's vocabularies are surprisingly rich nowadays. But, because they abbreviate so many words (texting), they often have poor spelling skills. They sure do know how to gab, though...IMO, today's kids seem to be better assimilators than creators.
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Actually the evidence suggests that in fact the children of today have a much smaller vocabulary and poorer grammar than in the past. One possible cause is the very things you cite above as giving a "rich" vocabulary. Most of those are relatively passive forms of entertainment and do not force the use of complex words or sentence structure.
It probably varies by region then, I'd guess...The kids around here seem to be awfully *informed* and/or fairly *articulate* for their age, and I'm guessing that the reason has as much (or more) to do with the influence of social media than with the influence of natural curiosity and study habits. One of their favorite forms of "passive entertainment" is TV, of course, but WHILE they are watching TV the texting and the trolling never stops for very long. In the old days we kicked back and sat fairly still when watching. Today there are so many things that urgently need to be discovered and/or talked about as well, it seems.
Because the focus is on non-stop consumption, knowledge outshines understanding at times IMO. Only boring people take the time to "understand".
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...the OP stated the event was 20 yrs ago. There was barely an internet then and it was mostly dial-up. No smartphones, no FB, no twtr, no Myspace. Was Netscape even around?
I disagree on the vocabulary aspect of today's inter web powered teen but I agree on the assimilation vs creative thing. The BORG have won over the upcoming generations and it doesn't bode well for aging baby boomers.
Oh yeah I almost forgot, 20 years ago was what we called "The MTV generation". Similarly brainwashed, though.
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