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Impact On The 2016 Presidential Election Grace Masback wrote, “With so many people trying to define what our generation means and stands for, its about time we offer our own perspective”, she explains how generation Z desires to express their exceptional potential. Generation Z, also known as the igeneration or post-millennials, consist of those born between the years 1995-2009. This year’s election will be the first to have a generation z’s vote. This is significant considering in the coming…

ABC Company, Inc., has recently recognized the growing need to hire millennials due to the gradual loss of Baby Boomers to retirement. Within the next 5 years, ABC needs to find a way to attract qualified millennials by offering benefits that suit their specific needs, which differ from those of older generations. Millennials, unlike their older co-workers, are risk-averse for their age. They prefer to receive benefits in the form of a plan that is arranged by professional financial planners,…

"From Rags to Riches: The Death of Jay-Z" the author Cynthia Fuchs discusses the history of Jay Z (Shawn Carter) how history and the background of the artist. As music fans, we know Jay-Z as the musician who made several songs that include “Tom Ford”, “99 Problems”, and “Holy Grail”. However, there is more to Jay-Z than being a musician. His music videos contain a lot more contextual meaning than what it may appear at face value. He is able to do this by remembering/ demonstrating his roots of…

In his book “The Dumbest Generation”, Mark Bauerlein, a social critic and professor, explains his stance regarding the Millennials. Bauerlein claims that students in the last ten years have two major differences compared to previous generations: declined reading habits and declined general knowledge. Bauerlein states these differences, but he fails to clarify the meaning of ‘general knowledge’ and how it is measured. While individuals under the age of thirty aren’t the least intelligent…

English professor and successful author, Mark Bauerlein attributes a lack of general knowledge to the development of complex and modernistic technology. Bauerlein claims in his best-selling novel, The Dumbest Generation that those under thirty constitute the “dumbest” generation in contemporary record. However, he does not take into account that people under age thirty have adapted their learning capabilities to this progressive media-focused environment. Bauerlein has yet to acknowledge the…

The millennial generation is one that began in the 1980s with the first of millennials reaching young adulthood around the year 2000. Although Millennials are said to be more open minded, confident, and accepting they are also commonly described as self-absorbed, unrealistic and materialistic, lazy individuals who lead unstable lives and tend to jump from job to job. In “Clichés, Anyone?”, published on May 8th, 1998 in The Boston Globe, James Isaacs essentially writes a piece that mocks the…

The crash, perhaps the scar of our generation. As it did in Lord Of The Flies. The big question is what if generation z was stuck on a island, and had no other generations there? The struggle and the praying of hope would be everywhere. As generations before us would like to call us dumb, or immature we would struggle and we would fall. But we would rise as a generation. Generation Z would crumble but we will fight, and be down to earth while our social skills will grow us as a new community.…

1.) Some interesting facts I learned about Kanye West are that was a college dropout, Kanye dropped out because he wished to pursue his music career. This greatly disappointed his mother who was a professor at the college Kanye attended. This action inspired Kanye’s first album to be called “College Dropout”. Kanye also studied abroad in China when her mother and him travelled to China so she could discover new cultures and ideas and also because his mom had a temporary job at a university there…

Someone’s rise to stardom can take a day or many years to reach, but at the same time all of that hard work can be washed away by one wrong mistake. An artist that has had experience with this is Snoop Dogg whether it be internal problems in a record label or run-ins with the law that left him on the run Snoop has faced problems that threatened his career and forced him to make some tough choices to save his career from falling apart. Back in 1992 when Snoop Dogg first signed to Death Row…

Millennials: Are They Harmful or Benefitting? Living in America has many benefits for it’s citizens. Communication amongst Americans involve technology, in which individuals born from 1982-1999 excel in. Generation Y, also known as millennials, is being called out for being entitled, over-praised, and self-confident compared to the other generations. They are flooding the country and providing social advancements for the work force. Emily Matchar, author of Why Your Office Needs More Bratty…