C. Y. Chintamani

commonly referred to as generation y or the millennials. Research has shown that due to poor economy that this generation just doesn’t want to buy houses or cars. This is terrible for the economy because usually half of a families spending usually goes towards housing and transportation. After college millennials often are unable to find jobs leaving them in crippling debt.…

It used to be that children were taught to toughen up, to grow a thicker skin, to take everything with a grain of salt and that it is what is. If someone hurt a someone else’s feelings, they should suck it up and deal with it or fix it themselves. Rarely did parent get involved, unless the issue was serious of course, because as kids we were expected to rough it out ourselves and learn how to healthily disagree. My parents and grandparents were taught this way and so were my sister and I. It was…

" stop being lazy and get up and do something" is a common phrase in my house. Every day my mom calls me lazy and wishes that I would do something to change that. In the world that we live, everybody is lazy. We may have different degrees of lazy, but they all share the same meaning. Asking someone to turn the lights off when your two steps away from the switch, asking someone to get a remote control right in front of them, or acting like a couch potato would be considered lazy. The thing about…

The world today if filled with a vast amount of complex technologies that previous generations did not have access to. This is called the information age, and depending on a person’s viewpoint, it is either proclaimed the greatest revolution in the expansion and distribution of knowledge, or ridiculed for creating a harmful environment with too many distractions. Critics of the information age agree with the latter and have extended that statement to claim that “those under age thirty constitute…

Human behavior often seems mysterious and hard to predict, and despite this, it follows rules and patterns that can be observed and studied. One such pattern is known as Dunbar’s number. Dunbar’s number is, in fact, a series of numbers that represent the number of friends a typical person has that fit varying categories of familiarity and closeness. Maria Konnikova writes about Robin Dunbar’s research in her essay “The Limits of Friendship.” Robin Marantz Henig discusses the current plight of…

equality. But what is so salient about generations X and Y? Theses two generations have helped mold how humanity is perceived, and these two generations are going to educate the next generation that follows. Generation X are the parents of generation Y, yet they are very different. However, it is generation Y’s values and take on the world that shows this group of individuals have made a greater impact on society. The two generations,…

A millennial is a person born between 1981 and 1995, making the age range 20 to 35. There are 83 million millennials that make up the United States population, more than any other generation (Babin & Harris, p. 207). Not only are millennials the first digital natives, they are connected more socially, have less money to spend, are burdened with debt but also have different priorities. Millennials play video games, instant message, download music, watch television online and use social media…

As a teacher Pedagogical content knowledge is very important. This means the way we teach our subject and the beliefs we have about it. This content knowledge is a very broad idea of teaching and as a pre-service teacher it is important to look at all different theories and facts surrounded by teaching and how students learn. Knowing and understanding these impacts builds upon our personal theory of teaching. Through this essay I will discuss the points I have been introduced too over the past 6…

Recently, a person(s) of genuine intentions made a choice that has vastly impacted the generation of children today. Those who implemented this recommendation decided that all children should be given a trophy for simply showing up. Today there is widely accepted notion that it is "wrong" to celebrate the winners, for the simple fact that it will hurt the feelings of the losing team. Currently, any team that advances undefeated in youth sports acquire a trophy; however, so do the teams that come…

I remember my freshman year in college. I completed an assignment and when the paper was returned there was the grade standing in my face...Capitalized, Bold in Red. I made a C. I called my Uncle Sonny and I cried. The funny thing is he was not sympathetic to me what so ever. This guy, my uncle on the other end of the phone, with his baritone voice, aggressively said, "Welcome to the World baby girl... 'Ain 't it Shit. '" I never saw the world of education the same any more after that day. I…