![]() ![]() Mathematical literacy and reading proficiency among American schoolchildren both fell in the 2010s. They ranked above the OECD average in science and computer literacy, but below average in mathematics. During the 2000s and 2010s, while Western educators in general and American schoolteachers in particular concentrated on helping struggling rather than gifted students, American students of the 2010s were trailing behind their counterparts from other countries, especially East Asia, in reading and in STEM. Īmericans who grew up in the 2000s and 2010s saw gains in IQ points, but loss in creativity. They drink alcohol and smoke traditional tobacco cigarettes less often, but are more likely to consume marijuana and electronic cigarettes. ![]() ![]() They have higher incidents of eye problems, allergies, awareness and reporting of mental health issues, suicide, and sleep deprivation, but lower rates of adolescent pregnancy. Youth of the early twenty-first century reach puberty earlier than their counterparts from the previous century. ![]() Members of Generation Z were born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s, meaning the first wave came of age during the second decade of the twenty-first century, a time of significant demographic change due to fertility differentials and immigration. Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. ![]()
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