Vulnerable Self-Esteem In Generation Me By John Vanderpot

As a GenMe’er it is truly amazing to witness the profound complexity of an exponentially growing society. Across the entire spectrum of humanity, generation after generation we are becoming more educated and technologically more advanced than ever. Despite our achievements, I personally have experienced this vulnerable self-esteem that you talk about in your book, Generation Me. I write to you because I am taking a class, Rhetorical Writing Strategies 305, and the teacher is requiring us to do so. The professor’s name is John Vanderpot; remember him? Yes, he is quite the brilliant fellow. In all honesty, I wasn’t enthralled about taking his class, but after being required to read great literary works, such as yours, I have reconsidered the possibility of what reading can do for the GenMe. According to you, GenMe’ers are simply not happy, and I agree that our schools, parents, youth sports have cultivated a vulnerable self-esteem that is inevitably problematic. I’d like to talk about a particular cohort
GenMe’ers are unprepared for what life is really about. They sit in high school class every day; living in a bubble world, believing to expect wealth and fortune to land on their lap after graduation. It has become a nightmare; this younger generation has been led to believe the “be whatever you want to be, do whatever you want to do” mentality (Twenge 130). This has been so far ingrained in our minds that it has become the problem of our vulnerable self-esteem. As you’ve mentioned, we have “years of self-esteem instruction, of being told we are special and can do anything, [but] leave us confused and hurt by the harsh realities of many jobs” (Twenge 130). It is hard for GenMe to grasp this idea because it was nurtured by a terrible system built on lies. As you’ve said, it has become increasingly difficult for GenMe to handle their