Floundering Research Paper
Devi Andrea Plasencia
Dr. Harun Karim Thomas
ENC1101
May 8 2016
Floundering Millennials
In the depths of the terrible Recession, school graduates from the millennial generation, those who were born between the 1980s and 1990s, are floundering due to appalling economic conditions. Recent statistics of the census show how only 45.7 % of the millennials are employed. That would mean almost half of the millennial generation is unemployed, this rate has never been that low since the end War World Two. Many factors can contribute to that, like for example lack of motivation, or struggle finding jobs. In the other hand teens aren’t that far from the millennials rate. Recent census show teenagers are at 25 percent of unemployment. Assuming that the …show more content…
The 20s is the second adolescence, a thought evidenced by Obamacare's development of parents' health-insurance coverage on 26-year-olds. In the good old days, grown-ups discovered an occupation and remained faithful to it, even if it did not fill there expectation or needs on some times.
On the old days a lot of people found motivation or strength to keep an occupation because the had family responsibilities they need to take care and they played a major role in overall workload of the family man or woman. Getting married implied flying from the nest, leaving the protections provided by the parents, and accepting and taking on the obligations and responsibilities for another. Marriage symbolized settlement, in the eyes of the public. Today, seemingly, Millennials' delayed marriages signify their delayed adulthoods. Millennials continue to waste time, either being unemployed or underemployed, wasting time, flitting from job to job, and often living with their parents.
Works Cited
Bass, David N. "The Millennial Generation Lacks a Strong Work Ethic." The Millennial Generation. Ed. David Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013.
Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Diapers for 26-Year-Olds." American Spectator (11 Oct. 2011). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Feb.
Dr. Harun Karim Thomas
ENC1101
May 8 2016
Floundering Millennials
In the depths of the terrible Recession, school graduates from the millennial generation, those who were born between the 1980s and 1990s, are floundering due to appalling economic conditions. Recent statistics of the census show how only 45.7 % of the millennials are employed. That would mean almost half of the millennial generation is unemployed, this rate has never been that low since the end War World Two. Many factors can contribute to that, like for example lack of motivation, or struggle finding jobs. In the other hand teens aren’t that far from the millennials rate. Recent census show teenagers are at 25 percent of unemployment. Assuming that the …show more content…
The 20s is the second adolescence, a thought evidenced by Obamacare's development of parents' health-insurance coverage on 26-year-olds. In the good old days, grown-ups discovered an occupation and remained faithful to it, even if it did not fill there expectation or needs on some times.
On the old days a lot of people found motivation or strength to keep an occupation because the had family responsibilities they need to take care and they played a major role in overall workload of the family man or woman. Getting married implied flying from the nest, leaving the protections provided by the parents, and accepting and taking on the obligations and responsibilities for another. Marriage symbolized settlement, in the eyes of the public. Today, seemingly, Millennials' delayed marriages signify their delayed adulthoods. Millennials continue to waste time, either being unemployed or underemployed, wasting time, flitting from job to job, and often living with their parents.
Works Cited
Bass, David N. "The Millennial Generation Lacks a Strong Work Ethic." The Millennial Generation. Ed. David Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013.
Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Diapers for 26-Year-Olds." American Spectator (11 Oct. 2011). Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Feb.