The generational thinking of the early stages of our lives
The prompt I want to try to work on is the general idea or process of thinking Gen Z and other generations have as they go about their academic career. I will most likely use Kids These Days by Malcolm Harris, and the 1st and 2nd chapters as a general springboard to start thinking about my prompt. I will still have to brainstorm my general prompt and do my research, but in general I want to know more about the sociology of parents and students in the part of their lives as they transition from teen to adult. I could also compare how generations dealt with the struggle of the education system in their times, and I want to investigate the social aspects of Generation Z and compare it to the previous generations. I picked the first two chapters of the book because I think those two chapters highlight an issue I’d be willing to know more about. These two chapters seem to cover homework and the general experience of growing up with possible helicopter parents and such. I’d still have to brainstorm and properly read the chapters, but as a whole, I want to investigate the sociological process of adolescent teens as they transition to being adults and college students, and how the education system may or may not be really difficult on our generation. Something to do with education and generational thinking as well.
Jinay, I think Harris’ book will give you a particular framework through which to look at the educational process–it will also introduce particular aspects of that process that you might find interesting as subjects for your own particular focus. (Harris argues that in the age of “human capital” (a keyterm he defines), the relationship between work, play and education is changing….)