Generation Z

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…

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami occurred off the east coast of Japan. The tsunami resulted in extensive flooding along the east coast of Japan. Located near the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba on the east coast of Japan the Tokyo Electronic Power Company’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) sustained substantial damage. The FDNPP consists of six individual nuclear power reactors. Planned maintenance was being performed on reactors 4, 5 and 6.…

Dr. David Pichaske English 151 Story's of Generations Has the thought crossed your mind as to why these distinctions between generations are used? Maybe they feel that labels are meant to be used to describe what type of people we are? Could it be from the actions of that group? Similar to what nicknames that are give out by upperclassmen to freshman or cliches that constantly gather like penguins in the Arctic. There are currently four types of generation names still being used to describe…

Often referred to as the beatniks, a parody of the USSR’s “Sputnik” (Enck), the Beat Generation stands in stark contrast to 1950’s American culture. With the rapid emergence of a post-WWII society - suburbs and consumerism, traditional family values and an exclusion of the extreme - entered the authors who rejected it. Their ideology, shocking to those of their time, ultimately led to the creation of a nation-wide literary movement. The roots of this movement took place during 1944 near Columbia…

Generation X, or Gen X, is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers typically use starting birth years ranging from the early-to-mid 1960s and ending birth years ranging from the late 1970s to 1980. Generation X is a relatively smaller demographic cohort sandwiched between two larger demographic cohorts, the baby boomers and the millennials. Generation Xers as children grew up in an era when divorce was…

Our never ending advancements, televisions, laptops, play stations, phones, on and on the list goes and grows. Our society has become trapped by the idea that everything needs to be immediate, all our information, social media, everything in our lives is immediate, and when we do not get what we want when we want it we become frustrated. How have all of these advancements effected our minds today? How is it that something that used to bring so much joy to people, has now become a point of…

Demographic Generation X (Gen Xers) were born between 1965 and 1980. Their age ranges from about 35 to 50 years of age. There are two types of Gen Xers; they include younger Xers whose values lean towards the millennial generation and older Xers whose values lean more towards baby boomers (Maye Create Design, (n.d.)). Behavioral Gen Xer is cynical and sophisticated when looking at products, ads, and shopping (Williams & Page, 2011). This generation is not loyal to any brand or company as they…

diversity class, to try to understand what would be acceptable to identify oneself in today’s society. Looking at what this generation is trying to do, from identifying themselves based on their race, culture, sexual orientation, I believe that it is very hard to describe everything about oneself in one word without being judged. That is why in my opinion I believe that our generation needs to shift their way of thinking into a broad perspective without judging one another In the “who I am”…

When the literature of beat generation first came, it was criticized by lots of people, since people thought the form and language are rough. It doubted and denied the traditional cultural value, but influenced descendant’s view of mainstream culture. As an Asian, I have to say that beat generation plays an essential role in propagating Zen and Buddhism, because many poets of beat generation write about Zen and Buddhism. The evolution of hip can be divided into six convergence, the first stage…

The Fukushima Dai’ichi Nuclear Power was one of 54 nuclear power plants operating throughout Japan in March of 2011. The plant contained 6 separate reactors designed by General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima…