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Same as it ever was. I narrowly miss the Gen Y cut-off, but was popular to bag on my generation's failings when we were first entering the workforce. Whatever

by io 18y ago

Same as it ever was. I narrowly miss the Gen Y cut-off, but was popular to bag on my generation's failings when we were first entering the workforce. Whatever. (Aside: You don't even need a Kindle to spot this author's crutch words. Am I the only one who thought the repeated use of "cohort" was unusual? Dude, where's your thesaurus?)

tokenadult 18y ago
The word "cohort" is a technical term in demographic studies, and the correct word for the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_(statistics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_(statistics)
- io 18y ago
  Touché. That'll teach me to only read the first few definitions (http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=cohort http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=cohort) I see it now, all the way down at number 5! Everything they said about my generation was true. :) Here's an amusing coincidence. I was a student at JJ Hill Elementary school in St. Paul, MN in the late 80s. This was the gifted/talented magnet back then, I don't know if it still is. I see you're affiliated with Minnesota's gifted/talented educational program. Can I somehow blame you for my inability to read all the way to the fifth definition? :)
  - tokenadult 18y ago
    The Gifted and Talented magnet school in St. Paul now has the name Capitol Hill. I don't know if that is a successor school to the one you remember. In general, I'm not sure how schools have been teaching reading in specific places in the relevant generations, but I would agree with the critics who say that reading could have been better taught than it usually was in school over the last few generations. http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Read-about/dp/0060913401/ http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Read-about/dp/00609134... http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Read-Thinking-Learning-about/dp/0262510766/ http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Read-Thinking-Learning-about... http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595/ http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-B... http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reading-Instruction-Science-Bradford/dp/0262134381/ http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reading-Instruction-Science-Brad... Best wishes in your continued efforts to add to your technical vocabulary. I learn new words fairly regularly here on HN.

by io 18y ago

tokenadult 18y ago

The word "cohort" is a technical term in demographic studies, and the correct word for the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_(statistics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_(statistics)

io 18y ago
Touché. That'll teach me to only read the first few definitions (http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=cohort http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=cohort) I see it now, all the way down at number 5! Everything they said about my generation was true. :) Here's an amusing coincidence. I was a student at JJ Hill Elementary school in St. Paul, MN in the late 80s. This was the gifted/talented magnet back then, I don't know if it still is. I see you're affiliated with Minnesota's gifted/talented educational program. Can I somehow blame you for my inability to read all the way to the fifth definition? :)
- tokenadult 18y ago
  The Gifted and Talented magnet school in St. Paul now has the name Capitol Hill. I don't know if that is a successor school to the one you remember. In general, I'm not sure how schools have been teaching reading in specific places in the relevant generations, but I would agree with the critics who say that reading could have been better taught than it usually was in school over the last few generations. http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Read-about/dp/0060913401/ http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Read-about/dp/00609134... http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Read-Thinking-Learning-about/dp/0262510766/ http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Read-Thinking-Learning-about... http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-Based-Problems/dp/0679781595/ http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Dyslexia-Complete-Science-B... http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reading-Instruction-Science-Bradford/dp/0262134381/ http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reading-Instruction-Science-Brad... Best wishes in your continued efforts to add to your technical vocabulary. I learn new words fairly regularly here on HN.