In her blog “ The Fakebook Generation‚” later to be published in the New York Times on October 6‚ 2007‚ Alice Mathias enters the topic of the most used social networking service worldwide‚ Facebook. Mathias debates on Facebook’s claim of being a forum for “genuine personal and professional connections” (438) and tries to influence her readers to ask themselves if the website really promotes human relationships. Alice Mathias‚ a 2007 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover‚ New Hampshire has wrote
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Every generation is different form one another because of the way we raise and the social environment. In addition‚ most of the time‚ the older generation has something negative to say about the newer generation. For example‚ in the article “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” by Joel Stein‚ Stein labeled millennials as higher “narcissistic personality disorder”‚ obsessed to become famous‚ obsessed with technology‚ etc. On other hand‚ some people define millennials as more open minded and fastest
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purpose in several ways. One of her main purposes is to describe how different generations have completely different views and moral standards. Twenge uses purpose to try and persuade the readers to believe that she has done the proper research for her book‚ and want the reader to feel like they can trust that what she is saying is the truth. In this book she doesn’t believe that there it is a problem between the generations just simply that there are distinct differences‚ and she tries to help the
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My generation is the IPod generation‚ the cell phone generation‚ the Facebook and Twitter generation- one that speaks best through technology. That is how our voices are heard: through texts‚ messages‚ tweets‚ and blogs. My generation is quite different than any other generation in a few ways and I am like the generation in some ways‚ but I am also completely different in other ways. This generation does not believe in being tied to one location or tradition‚ while the “Mad Men’ were tied to their
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The stolen generation was a shameful period in Australia’s history. They‚ the stolen generation‚ were a large amount of aborigines called half-castes that were taken away from their family if they were part non-indigenous. These half-castes would have been taken away without any notice‚ then brought to an orphanage like place‚ where the girls would have been trained to become a domestic servant and the boys would be trained to become stockmen. The plan for the stolen generation was to breed aboriginal
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The Stolen Generations The removal of Aboriginal children in New South Wales 1883 to 1969 Peter Read The Stolen Generations The removal of Aboriginal children in New South Wales 1883 to 1969 Peter Read Fourth reprint (2006) First published in 1981 ISBN 0-646-46221-0 Foreword In 1981‚ the Department of Aboriginal Affairs published a ground-breaking paper on the Stolen Generations. The paper‚ written by Peter Read‚ was among the first attempts to document the devastation of forcibly
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The book “The Greatest Generation”‚ by Tom Brokaw‚ is about the men and women who were born in the 1920’s and how they are what he deems to be the greatest generation thus far. He believes this generation is so tremendous because of the fact they did not demand respect for what they did and went through. Though may sacrificed as much as their lives‚ they do not think higher of themselves. Even through all their struggling they managed to have enough strength leave everything behind and fight for
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The Dumbest Generation “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” - Maimonides. Over the past years‚ our world has been creating and inventing new ways to obtain information. The under thirty year generation has the most exposure to these new technological advances‚ but how come studies show that I.Q scores keep going down year by year? The under thirty generation is the dumbest generation because materials we are given are misused as a
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Boomerang Generation/Moving Back Home (Course Writing Assignment) The NY Times‚ in It’s Official: The Boomerang Kids Won’t Leave‚ explores the trend of increasing numbers of young people continuing to live with their parents after college. The article notes that one in five people in their 20s and early 30s currently live with parents‚ and 60 percent of all young adults receive financial support from parents. In the prior generation‚ only one in 10 young adults moved back home and few received financial
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Generation Y‚ also known as the Millennial Generation‚ is the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when Generation Y starts and ends. Commentators use beginning birth dates from the latter 1970s‚ or from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. Generation Y is regarded as having superior technological skills‚ are better connected socially‚ are impatient for career success and having a higher tendency for job turnover. However‚ this case challenges common people’s conviction
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