Electricity generation

In the speech by, Simon Sinek he states that Millennials are a generation that “were dealt a bad hand.” One of Sinek’s main points is that Millennials are given everything they are seen as entitled, and are not taught that you have to earn what you have, millennials are taught that they can have anything that they want, which is why it is harder for them when they find out the reality you have to work for the things that you have. Another one of Sinek’s points is that when millennials grow up…

According to Eric Andrew-Gee’s article “Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?!” from The Global and Mail, January 6th of 2018, the smartphones made our lives changed eternally in a most devastating way. The reasons why are, it affected the way we interact towards each other like to our loved ones. The focus whenever we have gatherings are not there anymore, sadly on our smartphones and definitely considered as decreased attention span.…

Effects of smartphones Based on the article written by Jean Twenge, technology even smartphones in particular has caused an extreme change in behavior for children and teens born between 1995-2012. From my own personal experience, I do believe that the majority of teens today have an Iphone. I agree that more than ever less teens are going out, and kids rather chat on social media and gaming systems than to leave the comfort of their own homes to “interact” with their peers. When I was in my…

are the Millennials? When it comes to the Millennial generation,…

to millennials, the older generations seem to think that they are extremely narcissistic compared to them when they were the same age. Of course, that is not the case. While most adults seem to take the same stance on millennials, Brook Lea Foster does not. Brook Lea Foster understands that millennials and previous generations are not much different in terms of being narcissistic. Narcissism is not any more present then it was in the baby boomer age or other generations. Around the fifth…

SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH The Stolen Generation all began with the British deciding they’ll send out the over population of convicts to settle in Australia on the 26th of January 1788, the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour carrying out roughly 15,000 convicts. The first interaction between the British settlers and the indigenous Australians was one of anger; the British believed the Indigenous Australians were uncivilised because of the way they lived. Indigenous Australians…

in college. Many people believe that this generation of students are lazy. This generation is anything but lazy. The students are quite motivated towards their future. The students have the ability to grow and reach new heights. Maybe those students that failed or dropped out had difficulties, but some end up coming back to college and graduating. Those students may not be in the graduating polls, but they mature and finish college. The older generation believes that college now is vastly…

Simon Sinek and Hasan Piker are two guys in two separate YouTube videos with opposing views on the Millennial generation. Sinek’s video preceded Piker’s and the topic was on how “Millennials are not compatible for the corporate workplace because of bad parenting, social media, participation medals, and a false sense of self-image”. Piker responded with exigence by arguing that “Sinek is totally ignoring all the problems that Millennials face in the workplace”. Piker’s argument has the upper hand…

mothers or fathers. The film Rabbit Proof Fence is a depiction of the story written by Doris Pilkington. The director of the film, Phillip Noyce represents The Stolen Generation in a sympathetic way. On the 13th of February 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave a formal apology to all the aboriginal people and the stolen generations. The opening scene portrays the…

Living each day as if it were your last were the words which struck me when I first read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. His ideas of living in the present moment, one’s duty to the universal whole, and the relationship of all creatures to nature, though distant in time, are not distant at all for us. His concerns and questions still very much represent current topics today, showing only one instance of how the ancient world is alive. Through Marcus Aurelius, I developed a passion for the…