Baby Boomer Demographic Analysis

Growing up in a Hispanic household has shaped and built my values in life. At Appleton North High School, I am one out of the few Hispanic students. Knowing that my parents have migrated to America to give me a better future has motivated me to make it happen. Although, as a Mexican-American, I have felt out of place as a minority. However, with time I learned to accept my cultural differences. In fact, to this day, I thank my widowed father for the sacrifices and greater opportunities he has given me. My goal is to keep representing the few Hispanic students in college by working hard to achieve my career goals; not all Hispanics are fortunate enough to attend college. I also work to inspire young Hispanics to find their potential and follow

Though generalization in nature excludes outliers and exceptions, it serves as a perfect method of exemplification in Rodriguez’s essay, as his argument involves not a specific situation or individual, but rather a national culture as a whole. Throughout the essay, Rodriguez states several themes of American society to support his idea that Americans have weak family values. The principle of departure from home is mentioned early in the essay. “The assurance of family–continuity, inevitably–is precisely what America encourages its children to overturn. Become your own man,” Rodriguez states (Rodriguez 310). Americans see dependence on family members as a terrible weakness. Therefore, committing an act like living with one’s parents during an economically difficult time, such as Rodriguez in fact committed, is frowned upon by society. Going away to study, and leaving one’s guardians is a sign of manhood and success. Ignoring the exceptions to this argument, such as the parents that persuade their children to study near home, or the children who come home with much enthusiasm, Rodriguez simply states what he thinks is dominant in American culture. He mentions particular examples that represent the weaknesses in American family life to make a generalization that allows his argument to appear much stronger. Later in the essay, he goes on to compare American values to those of the Chinese. A comment made by Rodriguez’s

Our differences, no matter how we tie them together, raise another issue in Blanco’s life and in everyone’s life: family. This is an issue everywhere, whether one has an adoptive, mixed, half, semi-normal, lack-of-a, or a nuclear family, family influences everyone, it unites us in humanity: casts judgment, gives praise, provides support, and frustration. Because even though, Blanco’s relationship with

ntroduction: Family is an integral part of many American’s lives it shapes how we grew up, how we interconnect with society, and how we choose to live our lives. “The American Family” by Stephanie Coontz is an essay comparing the way of the family from several points in time to show what changes have come about for better or worse. Her points may be biased and in order to seek confirmation of her points, the memories of individuals who have lived through the longer span of time will provide incite as to whether others agree with her. I have conducted such an interview with my grandparents Linda Jolliffe, being 70, and Earl Jolliffe, being 73. By reading Coontz’s essay aloud I was able to record and analyze their thoughts and opinions from their perspective, and compare theirs with mine while taking a look into why bias has such an effect when writing.

Before we can get into the juicy information pertaining to the fascinating period of Baby Boomers, we must first take a quick glance at what was happening before this occurred.The main event that came to a conclusion that had a significance to the world and is a recent and relevant topic to the Baby Boomer period was the end of World War II.World War II had been going on since 1939 when the Nazi army and the Soviet Union united invaded Poland, resulting in the British and French declaring war on Germany.The allies allow Hitler to commit illegal actions without deciding to go after him(they just sat and watch him invade and grow as the years went by).It seems over for the Allies until the Japanese decided to obliterate Pearl Harbor December

Parent-child relationships are a unique element of the Hispanic family. The relationship between Hispanic parents and their children exemplifies a dynamic union that embodies love, affection, and unity. One thing that is apparent in the Hispanic community is that family comes first when making important decisions. In a survey conducted by State Farm Insurance, Hispanics placed a high priority on saving money for their children's college education. Although this appears to contradict the concept of fatalism, Hispanic Americans are becoming more accustomed to American society's way of thinking.

In the individualistic vs. collectivistic perception of the Hispanic culture, it is concluded that their culture is far more individualistic than collectivistic. Though it is culturally respectful to invite other people into their homes and to be open minded, making them more collectivistic, their culture strongly believes in their cultural community and “family like” tendencies, making them slightly more individualistic in their morals. “The family is of upmost importance in the Hispanic culture; it has been described as the most important factor influencing the lives of Hispanics, both today and throughout history” (Allison & Bencomo, 2015, pg. 2). They have a deep sense of loyalty to their blood, and it is very hard to separate a citizen of the Hispanic culture from that

The baby boomer generation will have tremendous impacts on health care as they continue to age and experience health issues. The impacts will show a significant financial difference in the very near future than what the impacts look like today for all health care organizations across the country. The baby boomer generation began between 1946 and 1964. Throughout the 18 year time span, over 76.4 million people were born. By 1964, this made up over 40 percent of the total US population. Today, this generation is between 53 and 73 years old and by 2020 there will be one and five people over the age of 65. As this time approaches and this generation becomes Medicare and

The basic thesis of the article is that the retirement of high-earnings baby-boomers is an explanation for weak wage growth. The background the author is responding to is that payrolls are still growing comfortably faster than the working-age population. He wrote the article in response to another writer, Scott Sumner, who had taken issue with the premise of an original piece written by him. The controversy is that the Federal Reserve is keeping unemployment below its natural rate which will result in a rise in inflation while wage growth remains muted. One of the economic concepts that I see employed in this article is equity, the fair distribution of economic benefits.

"I suppose there are two views about everything," said Mark. (Lewis, pg 70). When we discuss culture and values each generation has

Sex, Drugs, and Happiness: The Legacy of the Baby Boomers The baby boom delivered a new generation that would essentially sculpt the United States in the decades to come. The hippie movement and its opponents not only impacted their generation, but every birth cohort that has followed. The baby boomers are primarily known for the rebellious attitude of a small clique of the cohort, the hippies. This group of people had the impacts of war thrusted upon them in childhood, were exposed to drugs and sex as teens, and still manages to be considered one of the most influential generations.

Because of the baby boom generation, they have caused a huge impact on the United States demographics. Results have shown that there is an increase of the median age, which means the population has gotten older. Results also show an increase of population in metropolitan and suburb areas of the older people. Baby boomers are called the first suburban generation, because their parents were the first to populate the suburbs during the postwar period. Thus, the older people may stay near these areas due to the fact that their parents resided there as well. The population changes of states were also analyzed. The states are most likely facing a population change due to the older people migrating after retirement. When comparing the states for

A reason for why there is a higher proportion of elders in rural communities could come from the fact that people of younger generations tend to move from rural to more metropolitan areas once they get older in order to get better education and jobs. Due to the fact that more and more of the Baby Boomer generation are reaching the age of 65 years, if there are elders staying in rural communities rather than leaving like young adults, then there is bound to be an increase in the percentage of elders living in rural communities. Another factor that could account to the higher proportion could be retirement destinations. According to the Cornell Chronicle, by Cornell University, “More than 10 percent of Americans over age 60 relocated, mostly

Each generation has certain characteristics and values with which the members of it can identify. Members of Generation X highly value their job and family time; so they try to find a balance between these two aspects of their lives. Generation X are hardworking people, but they are

“Generation X” (“Gen-Xers”), born from about 1960 – 1980, maintained some attributes typical of the “Baby Boomer” generation, but feel that their upbringing was too strict. They added an emphasis on work/life