You've got to love a generation being labeled as the 'PlayStation generation' because some students don't like math and science. I hate to tell them, but I didn't like math or science in school either (my worst subjects) and yeah, sure, they were hard, but I didn't like them cause they were boring. Different strokes for different folks. Just because some students don't like some school subjects doesn't mean they don't like to be challenged.

From the article:

Jay Cohen, who heads science and technology research at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has an US$850 million research budget this year for developing what he sometimes calls "wow" technology. But his enthusiasm for the possibilities of science is tempered by his worry about whether the U.S. is producing the talent needed to further the research necessary for national security.

There's "a crisis in this country," said Cohen, which he described as a "PlayStation generation" of students who want immediate gratification and avoid math and science because it's too hard.

Read the full article over at pcworld.com