main point of the article “A Generation of Slackers?Not So Much” by Catherine Rampell explains how this generation isn’t full of slackers. Although Baby Boomers‚ those who were born between the years of 1946 and 1964 have said that this generation is full of lazy and entitled individuals; this article will prove them wrong. This article will teach you about today’s generation of hard working‚ successful individuals and show with evidence that we are not lazy or slackers and that we can do just as much
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the essay‚ “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much” Catherine Rampell‚ the economic journalist for the New York Times defends college graduates. The reaction from many older Americans is that this‚ “Facebook generation” are the laziest generation ever. Three in four Americans believe that today’s youth are less virtuous and industrious than their elders. One thing that has made life easier for this generation is technology. Technology has made life easier for the younger generation‚ and the way young
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Catherine Rampellmay view on the new generation The article “A generation of Slacker? Not so much” written by Catherine Rampellmay defends the new generation from the stereotype of this generation being slackers and having low productivity. Even though that the unemployment rate of young people right now is sky high‚ they are still highly productive and readied to seize the day. The article first talks about how people view this new generation‚ or Generation Y as “entitled and are coddled‚ disrespectful
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belong and the “Urgent” quadrant‚ where things that need to happen soon or ASAP belong. Given the word quadrant‚ people can be divided up into four groups - you can be the “Procrastinator”‚ a “Prioritizer”‚ something called a “Yes-Man”‚ as well as a “Slacker”. The Procrastinator belongs in the first quadrant or Quadrant 1‚ where activities are both important and urgent. You pretty much do not learn anything from being in this quadrant. For example‚ if you cram your studies into one night and receive
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Slacker Sushi Bowls There are some things relating to kids that do make sense. Many times they are filled with too much energy that you really cannot comprehend. They are out of control and demonstrate athletic ability and courageous attempt at many tasks that they see as a challenge and make you go wow. Sometimes they are also not shy to talk to others and pick up language skills really well. They become independent early on and work with dexterity too. However‚ all this goes to waste when your
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In the workforce there are often two types of employees. You have the over achievers that want to succeed and be successful. Then you have the slackers that just want to show up and get paid. The only thing they have in common is the fact that they both have a job and intend on getting paid. An overachiever will often be early to work. Whether it’s an hour or just 10 minutes early they are there and ready to work. A lot of times they will even offer to stay late and help out with anything.
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the previous generation used to be‚ Fishman’s evidences are more up-to-date. According to a recent Sun editorial‚ “activism has transformed from sensationalized 1960s tear-gas rallies to online petitions and Internet discussion boards” (Fishman 73). Not only Fishman‚ but also the reality tells that the time has changed. News can be spread worldwide in seconds through the Internet‚ and it can easily gather “Generation Q”‚ written by Thomas L. Friedman‚ and “The Generation of Generation Q”‚ written
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Generation X- The Truths and Misconceptions Generation X- The Truths and Misconceptions While generation X encompasses about 50 million Americans born between 1965 and 1980 ( 1965-1976 depending on the information you look at) The term generation X was a term coined long before the generation came into existence. But what does the term mean? Numerous historical events happened during this time; ranging from Neil Armstrong landing on the moon‚ to U.S troops being sent to Vietnam‚ but that is
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Generations Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live in the past? The future? If one were to choose‚ are the future children going to be luckier than those that lived in the past conditions? 65 million people were born into the time period called “Generation Y.” Generation Y‚ who consists of those who were born between 1980 to 1999‚ are commonly compared to the Silent Generation because of the number of births. The Silent Generation is the generation of Americans born from roughly
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Our Generation If you spend much time with your kids‚ you quickly realize that the next generation of teens is much unprepared to deal with the real world. They are overweight‚ lazy‚ undisciplined‚ disrespectful‚ and disobedient to their parents‚ selfish‚ self-centered‚ and completely addicted to entertainment. And that is just for starters. Their parents feed them insane amounts of sugar and high fructose corn syrup and then when they become overactive we pump them full of prescription drugs
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