Generation Y

Well, I just happen to be one of the 22 million in this country because I am a part of this generation of parents. I am a part of a generation who was born between the years of 1980 and 2000. I am a part of a generation who has a child under the age of 18. I am a part of a generation who is more open to feedback, in which I receive information and share information with other parents. I am a part of a generation who puts less emphasis on marriage, in which I treasure other priorities…

my own, I am not going be like my parents”? Most people have, because there is an intergenerational conflict that occurs between all generations. It’s an inevitable imbalance that occurs between older and younger generations that creates a conflict of ideas, morals and values. Paradise, a novel written by Toni Morrison explores the tension between the new generation and the old of the town of Ruby. This tension creates upset and apparent disobedience. The relationship between the young and the…

Kathryn Tyler’s, The Tethered Generation suggests that the millennial generation has been so influenced by new technologies their entire lives, that it has made them less independent than their parents’ generation and more likely to hover over their children’s lives as “helicopter parents”. Tyler uses the story of Kate Achille to give readers an example specifically from a millenial in order to connect to the target audience. She also uses comparison and contrast, antithesis, argumentation, and…

Since 1964 only 7% of children were born to unwed mothers, and by 2013 (Millennial generation) the rate had risen to 41% (Figure 1). With this rise in unwed mothers came more welfare programs such as - Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food program, Supplemental…

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,…

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…

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…