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    today’s workplace mixing and managing employees is not an easy thing to do. Nowadays there are four different generations working together in a single office space. This can be a challenge for everyone involved as differences in generations can cause people to clash and create conflict‚ particularly in the oldest and youngest group of employees. The problem lies in these different generations having different values and ideas as well as varying ways in which to execute tasks. However‚ there is a benefit

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    trend‚ but it was more about style and accessories and not about activism. The main attributes of this hippie style were flowers‚ beads‚ sandals‚ American Indian leather and fringe‚ and colorfully tie-dyed T-shirts and if a person from previous generation would see anyone with long hair and being unconventionally dressed‚ he/she would consider this person as a hippie. (Whitley

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    questions from the first activity on handout. I’ll give them a minute to think about it then have them discuss in pairs and then as a whole class. If students seem to be struggling I’ll tell a short hitchhiking story of my own. I’ll talk briefly about the beats in America helping to give them context. The attached pictures will be shown at this time with short introductions as well. This will also help spark more interest in the text and hopefully add to the discussion later on. Then I’ll pre-teach the

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    comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers vividly are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from

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    Generations There is a wide range of differences that occur from generation to generation‚ and most of them are not an issue between my parents and I. My parents more often then not take the view that as long as I do good in school and don’t get in much trouble‚ I can grow up without their close and constant supervision. Of course there are a few things that we conflict upon‚ but nothing that disturbs or seriously affects anyone. The door suddenly burst open‚ and in he rushed. All that I

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    ------------------------------------------------- My generation‚ also known as Generation Y‚ is defined as a technology based generation. We have grown up surrounded with all sorts of technologies that make our lives easier. In some ways this has been beneficial to us. It has enabled us to get information about something at the touch of a button or keep us from getting sick. In other ways it has caused us to grow up lazy and wanting to do the least amount of work as possible. Many adults believe that Generation Y feels entitled to

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    When I was a child‚ I used to spend my summer holidays at my grandparent’s in Point Place‚ Wisconsin. It is a small suburban somwhere near Kenosha. This town is extremely small and has a dismally low population. However‚ I like this place. There are a lot of things to do in such a small town. There is the Lake‚ Mount Hump‚ Bargain’s Bob or the Point Place Shopiing Mall. But my favorite part is undoubtely the Old Point Place. Indeed‚ this area which dates back to the 60s is actually the place to go

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    The Statue of Liberty‚ a symbol of freedom to many‚ is engraved with the famous poem‚ “New Colossus”‚ by Emma Lazarus. It reads‚ “… give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to be free‚ the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tost to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Our country embraces diversity‚ yet one of the most controversial and debated topics in the United States is immigration. The founders of the United States were

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    Lost Generation The Lost Generation is a group of American writers who witnessed the daunting event of World War One (Jaracz). Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Ezra Pound‚ John Dos Passos‚ Gertrude Stein‚ Sherwood Anderson‚ Waldo Peirce‚ Sinclair Lewis‚ Zelda Fitzgerald and T. S. Eliot are among the writers which compromised the group ( "The Lost Generation."). The term “Lost Generation” was conceived by Gertrude Stein who utilized the term emblematically to refer to the young generation of

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    values. The hippies ’ solutions to the problems of institutionalized American society were to either participate in mass protests with their alternative lifestyles and radical beliefs or drop out of society completely. The government and the older generations could not understand their way of life. Hippies were often portrayed as criminals‚ subversive to the morals and best interest of the public. Although misunderstood‚ the hippie had a great impact throughout the country‚ still surviving today in American

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