Generation Y

Although seen as dumber because of their lessen ability to retain general knowledge as compared with previous generations, Gen Y is not the dumbest generation due to their utilization of technology as well as development of autonomy. Nowadays, technology is often deemed the culprit of younger students’ intellectual shortcomings (Source 2). However, technology and social media can actually be beneficial to students as it provides an accessibility of information and a platform for worldwide…

social interactions, decision-making processes, concept of justice (values and fairness), and patterns of superior and subordinate roles in relation to status by age, gender, class, and position. With such a diverse workforce including multiple generations and different ethnic groups, a one-size-fits-all management approach is improbable to achieve success in…

different generation classifications used to group individuals together based on their year of birth. Each of the various generational classifications have a different attitude towards the role of religion in America. The youngest classification is Generation Z, and they are made up of individuals born between 1995 and 2012. Next, there is Generation Y, also known as Millennials, and they were born between the years of 1977 and 1994. Then there are the Boomers 2, also referred to as Generation…

In Malaysia, generation Y is also used to refer to people who were born after 1980 and in 2009, they constituted of 27% of the population. This population has grown and currently, they make up 40% of the Malaysian workforce (Jalil et al. 138). At the workplace, the Malaysian generation Y are considered to be more cooperative, confident, and optimistic about the future, fast learners, and dislike inflexible work schedules and rigid policies compared to baby boomers (Jalil et al. 138). Studies…

different generation than our own sometimes and to understand their lifestyle. Every generation of people are different in their own ways. The way people use technology varies vastly among ages. When people talk about generations, Millennials are the new emerging adults in the world. There are different names people use for Millennials. How are Millennials’ use of technology and lifestyle different from other generations? This matters because Millennials are the first generation where they…

review of the five consequent generations and their stereotypical labels shows interesting results. In the media, Generation Y, aka Generation Me, (born 1975-1995) is known as “a group of spoiled brats” (Kitt 2013, p. 73). Arguably, technology helped shape these people into a society of connection, impatient and ambitious. However, this generation is also highly educated and ethnically diverse, which is a good thing. In contrast, the Greatest Generation, aka G.I. Generation (1901-1925) is now…

Technologies are great; social media and generation Y is working together perfectly. Work Ethic of putting in time into finding the right filters for new Instagram post is very diligent. The value of time for a quick snap is used very preciously during rigorous instructional time. The technology and the Millennial generation are our future, but that is only if they can try harder by adding more work for themselves, to put down their phone, and to come back to reality as they called themselves.…

Specifically within the past twenty years, the technological advancements have been astronomical, leaving many individuals within Generation X far behind. In the modern world, we see the use of cellphones and the Internet as a basic social norm; everyone does or should utilize it. Its constant growth has begun to make many scholars question its effect on younger generations and if there is a correlation between the current human intelligence decline and new technologies available. There is a…

road rage incident in Behram Highway and Holmes Boulevard in Tarrytown, Louisiana. (CBS/AP) Each day, many lives are being lost on the road due to road rage accidents which can range from running a red light to killing another person. As the new generation is growing up, road rage incidents are increasing in the United States of America; effecting and leading to harmful side effects on society. Looking at the history, the term road rage was first coined in the United States in the 1980s when…

In Defense of Freedom: A Conservative Credo Before diving into this literature, I find it important to understand the author, Frank Meyer. Meyer was born in New Jersey and attended Princeton and Oxford. He later studied at London School of Economics, but was expelled and deported for “communist activism.” Meyer, like the majority of founders of National Review Magazine, was one of the first full U.S. communist activists. It wasn’t until his service during World War II with the U.S. Army, where…