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The Traditionalist Generation, also known as Silent Generation, were born between the years of 1925- 1942 and about 5 percent of the workforce nowadays. The Traditionalist Generation were born during the Great Depression and World War II. They either fought in WWII or they were children of those who fought. Their behaviors are based on experiences during the Depression or WWII. They have the very different mindset than the other generations due to world-changing events they had encountered…

You may often hear other generations stereotype different generations. Whether it be a moral issue or something the generation is doing, generations differ on their opinions. In a 2006 publication called Generation Me by Jean M. Twenge; Twenge brings up the thesis that, “ Today's young americans are more confident, assertive, entitled, and more miserable than ever before. (Twenge 53-71) While Twenge may have of those stereotypical beliefs towards my generation, I believe that she brings up many…

With a new era of smartphones evolving and advancing, one cannot ignore the pressing question on whether if or if not smartphones have destroyed a generation. The article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation”, written by psychology major, Jean M. Twenge, analyzes the crucial question. For many years, the psychologist studied generational differences; from the baby boomers all the way to the latest generation which she calls “iGen”. iGen is the generation born between 1995 and 2012, a…

The development of Athenian democracy was influenced by complex social, economic, and military issues, not to mention the obvious political aspect. However, even among these complex set of factors, one aspect in the development of Athenian democracy that stands out and affects all three sets of issues is warfare. Warfare was a constant in ancient Greece, and indeed most of the ancient world. City-states constantly fought, mostly against each other, though they would often band together against…

for the military. Along with Sparta only concern being the military, they also do not have a steady economy. Athens, however, was very steady regarding economics. Also, in Athens, we see a happy and enjoyable social environment. Around the 4th and 5th century B.C.E, we see Greek philosophers expressing their ideas, along with Sparta and Athens being the leading poleis. Athens was the most important polis around the 4th century B.C.E due to their philosophers, economic status, and social…

Aristophanes was a Greek playwright living in Athens during the Peloponnesian War whose comedies typically satirized the democracy and society. He wrote the comedy “The Acharnians” to establish the problems with the democracy leading Athens. He believes a successful democracy in Athens could only be possible if the troubles damaging the democracy were fixed. For Aristophanes, democracy in Athens is possible if greed is eliminated, equality achieved, and empathy developed because these three…

Athens and Sparta were two city-states in the land of Ancient Greece. In fact, they were the largest of them all. Athens was a very calm and creative city who was known for thriving in politics and economy. They were also very laid back. In Athens, you could get a good education and major in whichever subject you chose. Focusing on scholastics, they allowed serving in the military to be a choice, not a requirement. However, Sparta was a very strict city that is remembered especially for their…

Freedom, is supposed to be the basis upon which the United States of America was founded, a nation in which all beliefs and views are considered in equal measure to each other. Yet are US citizens truly free? According to the ancient Greek city-state Athens, freedom was the privilege of being civically engaged in lawmaking and everyday governance of the community. Athenian citizens would scoff at the idea that freedom is the ability to pursue happiness and pleasures, because to them those…

Dear Cousin Betty, The war here is getting challenging and harder every moment. But I have hopes that we are going to win and get it all over with. The Persians attacked the Ionians and because we have nothing against the Ionians they asked us to allied with them. But they also asked some Greek city-states for help. The Spartan army was going against the Persians, but one thing has to be clear the Persians didn’t attack us directly we were asked to ‘group up’ with the Ionians and with Greek…

Lexie Kosakowski 2-16-17 Lydia Darragh the American Spy Lydia Darragh was an American Spy. She was born in the 1700’s. She lived in Dublin. Later she still lived in Dublin but went where the Britians went to get information. Her contribution was that she helped the Americans win the war. She was born in the year 1729 in Dublin. There was no specific date when she was born. Her parents were John and Mary Barrington. She was 1 in 6 kids that her parents had. When she was growing up I haven’t…