Each new generation is somewhat different from the previous one. Now a generation of young people born in the late 90s - early 2000s is growing up. These are teenagers, school graduates and new university students. It is they who will soon come to replace the older generation, they will join the ranks of universities and new jobs. So what are they, these young people, what is the feature of students of the new millennium?
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This young generation grew up in an era of rapid technological development. From an early age they already know the Internet, computers, the latest smartphones and tablets. Often they are better than their parents familiar with the technology and features of the gadgets. These young people communicate on social networks more than through live communication, in this regard they are more closed than their parents who grew up in yard games.
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They trust fashion designers, computer geniuses and stars from the screen more than their own parents. The distance between parents and children increases, the transfer of experience in the family circle is disrupted. Therefore, the gap in values and understanding of different generations, although characteristic of any era, is clearly seen in this generation.
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The oversaturation of information, not only useful, but also harmful, superfluous, as well as the lack of warm interaction in the family leads to negative consequences for the person. These young people, even as students and not young children, are incredibly hyperactive. However, this does not mean that they strive to do as much as possible because of their energy and determination. On the contrary, their energy is often wasted due to restlessness, inability to concentrate on one thing, and constant attention shift.
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Broken attention contributes to the fact that they are able to absorb information only for a short time - in very short portions. Addiction also contributes to this: Twitter, social networks, comics - all this teaches a young man to perceive information concisely, briefly and very quickly. Therefore, they will digest and analyze it in the same way. This leads to problems in making decisions, to the difficulties of working with large texts, serious sources of information, data analysis, thoughtful, painstaking work.
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Another feature of this generation is that they were grown as a consumer society. From early childhood, they had no shortage of food, toys, information, or technology. Many parents can provide their children with everything necessary for life and even more: they provide for them such an incredible amount of goods that these children may not need. As a result, a generation grows up that is well-off for everyone and does not really know how to deal with difficulties, earn a living, endure at least some hardships and overcome them. Many of the young people do not even know what it is not to get what they want. All this leads to greedy consumerism, to egoism and the “eternal child” syndrome, to irresponsibility and the fact that the first place is not a person’s personality, but all kinds of brands.
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Most current and future students will not be able to fully cope with the university program, or the program and the entire university system will adapt to the new conditions of existence. However, with the new educational standards and the final exams introduced in the form of the Unified State Examination, all this is already fully consistent with the new reality. Infantilism and selfishness of young people is based on the promotion of adults: parents, teachers and teachers. Therefore, each of them will have to solve a difficult question: how to grow a new generation.
