> Kids today who start out with iPads and iPhones will never or rarely be in touch with a file or a folder.

On what planet? They're not going to be writing papers in high school and saving them on their computer's SSD? They're not going to be putting them in separate folders by year or subject? Even Google Drive lets you organize files in folders.

> The next generation wants to be able to...

I'm not sure I've ever seen a writer start a sentence like this, and then end it with something true. If there were any truth in what he was saying, he'd actually be quoting "the next generation" directly and backing it up with evidence, instead of putting his own words in their mouth.