Our generation sucks at money

It was no surprise to me the other day when I read yet another article about Generation Y being "broke." We spend like crazy. We need the latest gadgets, the trendiest clothing, the newest car. If you're an only child like me, you were probably raised getting whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted it.

According to the article, 52 percent of high school seniors tested passed a financial literacy test. The other 48 percent? Surely looking forward to bankruptcy.

Money isn't the only thing we seem to flail around with, though. What about grammar, punctuation and spelling? The number of books we read in a year? The amount of sleep we get on average? Our ability to perform basic tasks like building a dog house or assembling old school legos? (No, not the prefab legos they sell today--two pieces, stick them together, and you have a house!)

So we must be the doomed generation, right?

Just something to think about.