Generation Y

In the article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” by Jean M. Twenge, published by The Atlantic, and the article “Teens and tech: what happens when students give up smartphones?” by Erin Cotter, published by The Guardian, both authors claim that without technology we would be happier and also more social. Twenge writes about life with technology through facts and comparing the previous generation to the newer generation, such as Millenials and those born with technology which Twenge calls…

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…

their goals.". The authors meaning of the word lazy are based on traits but to me being lazy is not a trait that a person possesses, but a state of mind and a set of habits that we have. The definition of lazy also varies among people of every generation. Many grandparents have a completely different view of what it means to be lazy from looking at their grandchildren. For…

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 the “dumbest” generation in modern history”…

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…

too over the past 6 weeks and what ones have had the biggest impact on me. I will unpack these points and I will explain possible ways that they can be implemented in my classroom through wider research and personal experience. Part One Generation Z Generation Z are children…

life, naturally has a cloud of bliss following in the midst of being where he/she is appointed and designed to reign. These lessons are not being established within the foundation of students prior to becoming acquainted with me. Instead, the generation before me in my class wants the information now, without reading, without, researching, without any strenuous labor because the world of search engines simplifies their life. It appears that students view instructors as a search engine, not…

In this ever changing world, individuals are presented with the choice to accept or deny change, but either way life continues on. Past generations lived through several kinds of change such as war, economic struggle, civil rights movements, and so much more. The most significant and recent change of this generation is the impressive advancements in technology. For the most part, the world has transformed into a cyber-social culture. Whether the use of it may be for entertainment, business, or…

Situation Analysis Industry Analysis With the increasing rate of technology plus expansion of the World Wide Web, consumers can now connect to modern markets much faster than traditional markets. Traditional markets and auctions are typically built off of relationships between peers and family. In September of 1995, Pierre Omidyar founded eBay; a service that would connect consumers, allowing them to buy and sell products. A vision of connecting individuals together has lead eBay to host an…

What is the significance of the Earth being moved? In Bruno Latour’s “Agency at the Time of the Anthropocene,” the French multidisciplinary philosopher associates the importance of the Anthropocene epoch to humans by accentuating the fact that humans are quasi-subjects and have lost their autonomy. We distribute agency while also being acted on by other subjects; he claims that notion as the all-encompassing, distinctive quality that humanity exhibits. However, Latour does not directly consider…