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.…
Nuclear power. Worth is or not? Energy is what makes the human life function. Humanity has depended on electricity ever since “Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1880”. Ever since then humans have been inventing and finding new ways to make life easier for themselves. The one thing that all these ideas have in common is the use of electricity. The main sores of electricity are coal and oil. Coal and oil is an ideal power sores, but the only problem is it is not renewable and one day will…
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…
agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing etc. The industries in this sector carry about 50% of power generated across the country with a transmission system of 95846 Ckt. Kms transmission lines . At present, India has the fifth largest Electricity generation and transmission capacity in the world pegged at 1, 92,792 MW. Government targets capacity addition of 89 GW under the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012– 17) and around 100 GW under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2017–22). With the population…
are the Millennials? When it comes to the Millennial generation,…
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…