What’s It’s Like To Be A Gen A Kid At Kegworth?
By Dylan, Zoe, Lily, Emily, Eujin, Louis, Kasper & Lucas
Imagine walking into a school as a Gen A kid, and being greeted with a joke from the Principal. You’ll meet your friends and have a quick game of tips, handball or soccer before the day starts. This is Kegworth Public School on a weekday morning.
But what is it like to be a Stage 3 student here?
We did a survey of Stage 3 students at Kegworth to find out more about what it’s like to be a Gen A kid growing up in the Inner West. Here are some of our findings.
Women’s World Cup
In July 2023 Australia hosted the Women’s World Cup. It was a great opportunity to watch and soccer became really popular. Everyone got excited, there was a great atmosphere at the matches, it was amazing to be there.
“It was pretty crazy with everyone around and everyone cheering right in my face and really crazy hearing everyone cheer. Every goal, every attempt of a goal,” said one Stage 3 kid.
We were not surprised to discover that Stage 3’s favourite team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup was Australia followed by England.
Gaming
The first real video game was created in 1958 by Physicist William Higinbotham that was thought to be an actual video game. It was a very simple tennis game
Video games are what most Generation A play. Out of the 32 people we surveyed, only one person doesn’t do gaming.
“I think gaming is popular because back then, no one used to play video games. As of this, when the first video game came out, people were curious about it and wanted to try the “thing” out. This is what made video games grow popular,” said one Stage 3 kid.
“Just like a new favour of ice cream,” added another kid.
According to the survey, Roblox is the most popular game. Nearly 50% of Stage 3 play Roblox. Minecraft was in second place.
Short Form Content
Most Stage 3 kids at Kegworth enjoy short form content, making it popular.
70% of stage three kids watch short form content like TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Most of them watch three to five hours a week. But a small portion of Stage 3 kids more than 20 hours a week.
On the other hand, some kids dont watch any short form content because of home rules.
“My parents dont allow me to [watch short form content] because it has a lot of inappropriate videos and just some strange random stuff come up,” said a Stage 3 kid.
