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heeeeeey there.

you are absolutely right ! it is present participle.

I totally forgot to do the replacing thing !

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There is nothing wrong with tenses. However present parti heading a clause is often used for particular events and preterite is preferred for general situations no matter the tense:
In your example,The young generation refers to a general phenomenon.

general: I walked a great deal, and thought about the coming year:

specific : I walked down the street, thinking about the future.
That might be the reason why your teacher corrected you.
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the part starting with considering... isn't it a participle clause? so nothing wrong I guess whether the main clause is in present or past.
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guess I'm invisible or what..
Not necessarily something terrible, mind you!!

I saw you, no doubt! I think we all agree, nothing wrong with his sentence.
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guess I'm invisible or what..
So sorry Light! With a lovely name like yours, how could you be invisible? And yet, I must have overlooked your contribution when answering the other post about gerunds. Of course your comment was 100% correct!

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Not necessarily something terrible, mind you!!

I saw you, no doubt! I think we all agree, nothing wrong with his sentence.
I would add a nuance to the all agree thing

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all light then, I am visible
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Brilliant.
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