Five to the next generation…

March 4th, 2007 Stewart Posted in 5tothenext, education, generation x, millennials |

Fellow library blogger Jennimi and I have started up a little meme from our comments on my last post. We’re asking everyone to post with their response to the following question:

“What 5 things would you say to the next generation?”

She’s already posted hers which I like a lot; here’s mine:

* Education is a process, not an outcome. If you aren’t learning anything in college, odds are you are failing the system as much as (if not more than) it is failing you.

* Other people cannot tell you who you are. Self-discovery can really only happen when you unplug from the world.

* Do you really want your children to see those pictures of you doing body shots in Cabo? Because once they are out there, they are out there forever.

* The only people who have ever been accused of being great are the ones who had original ideas and built original things.

* Give something back every single day.

You can join in by tagging your post “5tothenext” and posting your five things. To get the ball rolling, I’m calling out:

M. Banks
D. Rothman
M. Zafron

(David, if you do this, I’ll finally post that “five things you don’t know about me” thing that I didn’t do before.) Thanks all!