In this week’s Clarion Call, I review Professor Mark Bauerlein’s new book The Dumbest Generation, an unflattering look at America’s youth today.
While it has always been the case that adults tend to look askance at the younger generation, in the past the kids, for all their outward strangeness, had the mental toolkit to learn and become serious adults. The trouble now is that so many of the rising generation — due to their online lifestyle and ridiculous educational theories — are missing many of the tools, especially the ability to read challenging material. That, Bauerlein argues, bodes ill for our future.
I strongly recommend the book.
