When I went through this part of the module, I couldn't help but be irritated by it. I understand the issues with educating Generation Y folks. I understand that we have to adjust the learning environment to the needs of the class. But when I read the information about "Performance Contracts" and "Investigative Research", I could only just scoff as I continued to see more and more capitulation and stepped over my boundary. There comes a point in the classroom where we can talk all about generation differences and locating insights into the thought processes of people. But the student has to step up into the reality. I work for a voc-tech school that teaches people to prepare for the working world. The plain truth here is that there won't be any "Performance Contracts" like what was suggested in this part on the job site. The only real agreement on the job site is, do the job, get paid. Don't do the job, get fired. In the classroom, we have to be very careful about how much we "appeal" to our students and how much we hold a hard standard of what is required for students to be successful in the real world. Students in Gen Y fear the loss of their social media, but they're going to have to grow up annd realize that they won't be able to be on Facebook during work hours. They are going to have to adapt to more conventional, traditional processes. Our Gen Y students are going to have to learn how to adapt to more traditional methods. As a Gen X-er, I have been told about how I'm one of the "latchkey kids" and how I differ from the Boomers and the Veterans. But in the end, I had to adapt. I had to learn how to submit to authority and do things their way. They didn't especially capitulate to my sentiments. They didn't especially care about my past or "what makes me tick". They expected me to do my job to the very best of my ability. If I did it, I kept my job. If I didn't, well, I was given the opportunity to pursue other opportunities for employment. I am now in the position where I lead and train Gen Y's to go into the field. I will try to connect to them, but I won't spend remarkable amounts of time warming up to Gen Y's. I will set a standard and conditions and tasks for them to follow. They will meet them or not. No contracts - they will step up or stand down. Perhaps this isn't the kind of response this last module would have evoked. Perhaps I'm just cranky and overreacting, But I'm pretty irked about this one and I had to speak up. -R