If you asked my sister what is wrong with today's youth, she would tell you "Air conditioning and microwaves are the ruination of man!" Though I think those inventions definitely made life too easy for the general population, I disagree that they are the "ruination of man".
Passive voice is ruining today's youth. If you read their scholastic papers, or writings in the school rag, you will find a commonality: the use of passive voice. The use of passive voice allows the writer to feel comfortable, and distant from the topic. Oddly enough, it also allows the writer to slip any blame or accountability off their plate, and if not onto someone else...at least under the table. That lack of ownership is pervasive and debilitating.
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I find it interesting that you are comfortable with the idea that there is in fact something "wrong" with today's youth.
From a historical perspective, each generation is unhappy with the generation that follows it. For example, I'm sure you realize that the "greatest generation" was outraged at the rebelliousness of the baby-boomers back in their hey-day in the late sixties. Who's to say that what we feel is ruining our youth is in fact detrimental to them or society? The whole idea is faulty, we judge how other's react at their age based on what we experienced during that point of our lives. This is not a valid comparison since although they live in the same geographic area as us, the culture and society at large are not the same an therefore cannot be directly evaluted directly.
At least that's what a devils advocate would say...
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