Art and Graphic Design in the Silent Generation Reaching adulthood between 1946-1963‚ the Silent Generation had witnessed the Great Depression and World War II in their youth. Following the Greatest Generation and all their accomplishments‚ the Silent Generation had big shoes to fill‚ but they preferred to consume rather than create. Although it was named the Silent Generation‚ not all the generation were silent‚” there were some loud people of this Generation that spoke out for civil and women’s
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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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The Dumbest Generation During the past few decades technology has improved immensely. A person living in the U.S. could speak “face to face” through video messaging to a person living in Russia. But it has come to the attention of some people that technology is handicapping the newer generations. People‚ such as‚ social critic and professor Mark Bauerlein. Bauerlein proposed the idea that all that are part of the younger generation are “the dumbest generation”. He criticizes the way technology has
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respect to institution of marriage as our parents did. People make rash decisions‚ get married thoughtlessly and‚ as a consequence get divorced. Sadly‚ now it happens all the time‚ while some time ago the matter of family was sacred. Secondly‚ the generation of my parents was brought up differently. Good manners‚ sense of duty and respect were prioritized. Ideas‚ attitudes and perceptions too have changed dramatically. Conventional thinking has been replaced by the freedom of thought. Unlike the first
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A generation gap is referred to as a distinctive gap between younger people and their parents or grandparents. Those younger people seem to go against everything their parents or grandparents had previously believed regarding many perspectives including life styles‚ routines and the way they think. In the article "Millennials Are More ’Generation Me’ than ’Generation We’ Study Finds" by Joanna Chau who has five years of progressive experience in communications and public relations‚ argues that generational
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“The Melting Pot” the United States is home to millions of immigrants and their families. News outlets‚ polls‚ and the general insight into immigration widely stop at the first generation immigrants. This can paint a negative outlook on immigration and only show the hardships each person suffers. However when looked into deeper the success of second-generation immigrants is astonishing. As second-generation immigrants adapt to society more than their parents they are open to a wide range of success
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conservation of energy. As far as possible‚ we must avoid waste‚ weather it be of water‚ or electricity or gas or even materials such as paper‚ pencils and so on. We should learn to recycle goods use in the home‚ instead of throwing them away and buying new things. It is also important to avoid
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People from distinct generations can teach you things and you can also teach them too. Some of the things you can learn and also teach is kindness‚ confidence‚ sensitivity‚ perseverance‚ and integrity.You can learn a lot from past generations because they teach acceptance‚ cooperation‚ and how to care for someone. One thing one generation can teach another generation is acceptance. They can teach acceptance. This is about being able to accept someone but it might take some time to finally accept
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A Generation Gap in a Raisin in the Sun There is a big generation gap in the book A Raisin in the Sun. There are three different generations all living in the same old cramped apartment. The family has been living in the apartment for at least forty years and has never been able to own their home. With this generation gap there is quite a lot of arguments and complaining. Walter and Ruth get into conflicts all of the time‚ and then there is Walter and Mama with their struggle for the money. These
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Sociology Research 2 4/26/12 Generation Y: Age of the Millennial’s “Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.” -Clyde Tombaugh. To say that my generation is one of laziness and one of apathy could very well be true‚ but to say that we are like your parents and not driving this nation into the future is not. Nowadays in this fast-paced and technologically advanced society we see how much better life has become compared to the decades
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