Catherine Rampell A Generation Of Slackers
In 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 adults work now is very different to what it was before. Nowadays college students spend less hours studying, however the grade point average rose to about 3.11 by the middle of the last decade. Many college students of today work more and save
their own personal money to finance their own college degrees, according to a recent survey of recent graduates by Rutgers University. Carl Van Horn, a labour economist at Rutgers disagrees with many of the older Americans opinions, and believes this isn’t a generation of slackers. Carl in fact believes today’s youth work hard to try and stay ahead of the game. Nowadays you see a lot more youth volunteering, and this observation is backed up with a report by the corporation for National and Community Service, which states that the number of teenagers volunteering between 1989 and 2006 has doubled. The way the different generations view work in general has also changed massively, and this is mainly down to group work. The older generation feel that asking for help is lazy, and “the easy option”, however the younger generation has been taught about the importance of combining the different skills, abilities and traits of different people to enhance the quality of work.
their own personal money to finance their own college degrees, according to a recent survey of recent graduates by Rutgers University. Carl Van Horn, a labour economist at Rutgers disagrees with many of the older Americans opinions, and believes this isn’t a generation of slackers. Carl in fact believes today’s youth work hard to try and stay ahead of the game. Nowadays you see a lot more youth volunteering, and this observation is backed up with a report by the corporation for National and Community Service, which states that the number of teenagers volunteering between 1989 and 2006 has doubled. The way the different generations view work in general has also changed massively, and this is mainly down to group work. The older generation feel that asking for help is lazy, and “the easy option”, however the younger generation has been taught about the importance of combining the different skills, abilities and traits of different people to enhance the quality of work.