Jennifer Young Poet I do not know?

Talkin' Bout My Generation

What has happened to our kids?
Why did we become the type of parents we did?
Is there a name for us?  
Slower, easier, then turned into a mess of fuss

Using our imaginations and reading the classics galore
So much lovely literature to explore
Had to look up facts in a Book
Critical thinking came without one second look

Now we have I.T. people at schools
Showing and telling us...
 something I never really wanted to use
Gets me into trouble
What DO YOU mean I can't have that document on the double?

So, this generation I am in...the before and after
Are a special bunch of people going faster and faster
We are a special generation, you see
We grew up without the almighty god of technology

People try to put us down... cuz' we don't know the way around
Can ya dig what I'm tryin' to say?  Computers will never fade away
I'm not tryin' to cause a big sensation...
Google is fine, but not the only means of education

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Skat A May 3, 2015 at 8:48 PM Jennifer, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. SKAT love

Daver Austin August 10, 2014 at 10:26 AM This old timer is as confused as you are. - in a different way of course. Love, daver

Andrea Dietrich June 22, 2014 at 6:47 PM what a coincidence. I just had a long conversation today with some ladies at church about how bad things are getting. Kids do not even understand cursive writing anymore. nor do they have patience to use their brains for researching facts. Always texting, never putting their damn cell phones down. I prefer how it was in the 70's and 80's. Technological but not to this extent! But the one bad thing, we would not have SOUP if did not go to computers and internet like today. Great poem btw.