Assignment 3 2015 05 08 
Assignment 3: The Comparative Essay
Selecting from the following topics and readings, create a research essay of 900 to 1,000 words.
Note:
While a research essay normally involves conducting your own research, for this assignment, the research sources are provided (i.e., the readings listed are the research sources to be used).
Topics:
1. Choose a basis for comparison and write a comparison of the approaches to the relationship between youth employment and the economy presented in "Can Generation Xers Be Trained?" (page 509) and "The Sweet Bird of Youth Is Showing Signs of Age" (page 520).
2. Compare the way in which the authors use detail to explore the importance of one of the following: family, work, cultural practice, or cultural identity in the two essays "Memories of Montreal—and Richness" (page 150) and "Lend Me Your Light" (page 153 ).
Note-taking:
Can Generation Xers Be trained?
Introduction: Shari Caudron exhibits some procedures that work well at training Generation Xers.
Paragraph 1 to 8: Generation Xers are different from other generation groups on values, communication styles, and life experiences. Currently, in fact, Generation X is leading the other generations, so adapting to the needs of training Generation Xers is also gearing to the other age groups.
Paragraph 9 to 19 (Who Are These People Anyway?):
Generation Xers are independent and techno literate.
They expect immediate satisfaction.
They distrust companies, so they work at companies just in order to gain experience.
They spend time learning something because they have reasons to do so.
Trainers focus on outcomes and what Xers can do.
Paragraph 20 to 37 (Pushing the Right Buttons): attention-grabbing
To make training experiential – use six senses, role playing, and simulation learning
Control learning – manage own time by selecting suitable locations and times
Providing multiple ways to learn – put training course contents on different media, and in self-paced manuals and workbooks –
Selecting from the following topics and readings, create a research essay of 900 to 1,000 words.
Note:
While a research essay normally involves conducting your own research, for this assignment, the research sources are provided (i.e., the readings listed are the research sources to be used).
Topics:
1. Choose a basis for comparison and write a comparison of the approaches to the relationship between youth employment and the economy presented in "Can Generation Xers Be Trained?" (page 509) and "The Sweet Bird of Youth Is Showing Signs of Age" (page 520).
2. Compare the way in which the authors use detail to explore the importance of one of the following: family, work, cultural practice, or cultural identity in the two essays "Memories of Montreal—and Richness" (page 150) and "Lend Me Your Light" (page 153 ).
Note-taking:
Can Generation Xers Be trained?
Introduction: Shari Caudron exhibits some procedures that work well at training Generation Xers.
Paragraph 1 to 8: Generation Xers are different from other generation groups on values, communication styles, and life experiences. Currently, in fact, Generation X is leading the other generations, so adapting to the needs of training Generation Xers is also gearing to the other age groups.
Paragraph 9 to 19 (Who Are These People Anyway?):
Generation Xers are independent and techno literate.
They expect immediate satisfaction.
They distrust companies, so they work at companies just in order to gain experience.
They spend time learning something because they have reasons to do so.
Trainers focus on outcomes and what Xers can do.
Paragraph 20 to 37 (Pushing the Right Buttons): attention-grabbing
To make training experiential – use six senses, role playing, and simulation learning
Control learning – manage own time by selecting suitable locations and times
Providing multiple ways to learn – put training course contents on different media, and in self-paced manuals and workbooks –