I am really enjoying this topic, it brings out a lot of traits that many of us [ all these generations ] can be proud of, as well as areas we can improve on. That being said, I feel very strongly that "multi-tasking" is a double-edged sword. Gen Y as well as others tend to pride themselves on this ability. In the tech school I currently teach, the industry I worked in for 20 years, and in doing most tasks of any importance, I find multi-tasking as a bad thing. WHAT GOOD IS THE ABILITY TO DO MANY THINGS AT ONCE IF NONE OF THEM ARE DONE WELL?!? Regardless of age/generation/background, we are all human: we can physically&mentally pay attention to only so many things all at once. Gen Y may be able to use current technology to "do homework/complete a task/do research/spend time updating facebook/tweet/read and send e-mails,etc"...but I find all these things are done poorly time and again. When asked to recall "what they just multi-tasked", they DON'T KNOW [ figuring why remember something when I can just google it again? ] Look at the current state of legislation concerning automobile accidents and cellphone use: even with "all our technology" and the ability to multi-task, we can't drive a vehicle well while doing so. True, everything has it's time and place;I feel that being able to multi-task things of low priority can be a time saver. However,I think we all agree that education isn't a low priority. Instilling the benefits of being able to focus on something of value [ goals, tasks,anything important ] and not being satisfied with mediocre results should be taught at times to Gen Y.