The Younger Generation In the Twenty-first Century Good evening‚ ladies and gentlemen. We always say ‘we are the future’. Indeed. We‚ the younger generation represents modern knowledge‚ new concepts‚ ambition and great desire for success. But‚ have you ever thought of this question: how can we be successful in the 21st century‚ which is full of great challenges and fierce competitions? In my opinion‚ there are two important factors. First‚ we have to catch the opportunities and face the
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Generations Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live in the past? The future? If one were to choose‚ are the future children going to be luckier than those that lived in the past conditions? 65 million people were born into the time period called “Generation Y.” Generation Y‚ who consists of those who were born between 1980 to 1999‚ are commonly compared to the Silent Generation because of the number of births. The Silent Generation is the generation of Americans born from roughly
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the previous generation used to be‚ Fishman’s evidences are more up-to-date. According to a recent Sun editorial‚ “activism has transformed from sensationalized 1960s tear-gas rallies to online petitions and Internet discussion boards” (Fishman 73). Not only Fishman‚ but also the reality tells that the time has changed. News can be spread worldwide in seconds through the Internet‚ and it can easily gather “Generation Q”‚ written by Thomas L. Friedman‚ and “The Generation of Generation Q”‚ written
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The Influence of the Internet on our younger Generation Mass media in general but especially today’s Internet plays a big role in our society. Our global communication is functioning based on the Internet as it transmits all kinds of information. The American Academy of Pediatrics shows that according to a study‚ teenagers spend in average up to 11 hours a day with variety of different media. For up to 1.5 hours from this time‚ they are sitting in front of a computer‚ which seams not so much.
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spent watching TV by age/per week: Children aged 2-5 average 25 hours Children aged 6-11 average 20-28 hours Children aged 12-17 average 23 hours "By adulthood (18 yrs}most Americans have spent more time in front of the television set than in school‚ and far more than they have spent talking with their teachers‚ their friends and their parents." Time Spent Watching Television Takes away from important activities such as; Reading School work Playing Family Interaction Social Development Knowing the
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Our Generation If you spend much time with your kids‚ you quickly realize that the next generation of teens is much unprepared to deal with the real world. They are overweight‚ lazy‚ undisciplined‚ disrespectful‚ and disobedient to their parents‚ selfish‚ self-centered‚ and completely addicted to entertainment. And that is just for starters. Their parents feed them insane amounts of sugar and high fructose corn syrup and then when they become overactive we pump them full of prescription drugs
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grateful now that I still love and play the sports of my youth. On the other hand the world today is dominated by computers and electronics so it‛s important that children learn to like and understand computers and technology early in life. The older generation didn‛t have the opportunity to have this electronic entertainment and so don‛t understand the attraction. In conclusion I would certainly agree that it is bad and unhealthy for children to spend all their time indoors with electronic entertainment
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1.Introduction This research is about American Movies spoiling our younger generations.I am about to take some of the American movies which come in the name of Teen movies and High School or College movies.Like major genres such as Action‚Adventure‚Horror‚Comedy etc… these movies come under Comedy and Romance genres.These Comedy movies involves more reference to Sex along with crood and vulgar jokes.Generally movies containing adult jokes is not something to bother and they are provided with
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This generation is the iPhone generation‚ the Twitter generation‚ the Instagram generation‚ a generation focus around a single word – instant. What makes this generation so instant is its ability to adapt and excel in technology. Instant uploads‚ instant texts‚ instant responses. It is common knowledge that the majority of this generation has their own cell phone. It is common knowledge that the majority of this generation has access to Internet. How often does this generation look up from their
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Understand Generational Differences For the first time in history‚ four generations are working side by side. Different values‚ experiences‚ styles‚ and activities create misunderstandings and frustrations By the year 2014‚ 70 million Baby Boomer (including many teachers and school leaders) will entire retirement in large numbers Generation X‚ a generation with different sensibilities and priorities than Boomers‚ will assume positions of leadership in schools and districts The
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