Classification Essay - The Types of Kids that Make Up My Generation

One of the things that has troubled me as of late is today’s generation of kids. The generation that we refer to as millennials. These people, for the most part, disturb me. It frightens me to know that this group that I’ve will be leading the country and the world in the decades to come. The overwhelming majority of the kids that I've come in contact with over these past few years are apathetic monsters. They don't care about school, they don't care about themselves, and they don't care about their future. To dissect the three aforementioned attributes...

Three decades from now, T.L.O., a student at a New Jersey High School was caught smoking in a school restroom, and was brought to the assistant principal’s office. The 14-years-old teenager denied smoking, so the assistant principal persisted in searching her purse and found cigarettes, and rolling paper which is associated with marijuana (T.L.O. vs. New Jersey). Nothing has changed since then. If you look a little closer, you can see teenagers lying around doing drugs here and there. They are no longer determined to succeed in life; instead all they can think about is where the next supply of cocaine will come from. What has our future come to? Research done by scientists and other professionals provide evidence that substance abuse by teenagers is an ever-growing problem due to teen’s poor judgement, it’s irreparable damage, and inability to compete with drug addiction.

In the show the newsroom, Will McAvoy states that our generation is the “worst-period-generation-period-ever-period.” He is absolutely correct. We sit around hoping that the world around us will change to suit our needs without us ever needing to lift a finger.

Life today is very fast paced and more difficult than when I was in my early twenties. For example, back then you didn’t have to worry about job security that much because manufacturing in the United States was big back then and if you went to college, there was a job guaranteed for you. Now you must worry about job security and the type of major you obtain in college to get an interview or foot in the door. Also, everything was done face to face, if you wanted a job, you could have walked in and be hired on the spot, now you must get interviewed, file paperwork, drug tests, and a lot of other things. Finally, one thing I noticed is my generation like to work, we don’t like to sit down. However, the “kids” today are lazy and want everything handed to them.

Nevertheless, this can lead to many of them become addicted to these drugs and alcohol, not to mention the sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies that seem appear in the blink of an eye. Why do they seem to appear quickly? Because these young people do not look far enough into the likely result of their idiotic decisions. They have no long-term in mind, just like Henry had no long term goal when signing up for the army.

As America was fighting a war for freedom in another country, unruly teens were fighting their own at home. Cultural change, the explosion of free love, youthful rebellion, and a new liberal mindset all seemed to have one underlying device in common; drug use. The late 1960’s into the early and mid-70’s found the perfect environment for recreational drug use. Music and arts celebrated this lifestyle, as well as free thinkers and their idiotic philosophies about spiritual elation through mind altering narcotics. Lack of family structure with so many homes transformed by the Vietnam War also left young teens without guidance, and an economy with little to offer to the up and coming generation. As the next few years passed and the free love generation began to grasp the concept of working for a living, showering on a regular basis, love with commitment (or antibiotics), and cultural change through policy, they brought to the workforce a new dynamic not previously prevalent. Recreational drug use had become part of society. Vietnam War veterans also brought their own demons home with their return, opiate addictions were a common occurrence (Carson 2012).

My Generation significantly lacks the qualities of the WW2 Generation but we make up for in other ways. We are more compassionate of people and accepting of other's differences, as a whole our society values education. A world of educated compassionate people is what some would call Utopia. One thing I would suggest to my Generation is to work harder and fulfill your potential. So many kids nowadays get overwhelmed with the ever increasing standards and test that the older Generations put us through. I agree that some seems a little nonsensical but giving up does more harm than good and I don't think people realize that. It's only when the life they chose can't provide anymore that they begin to question their decisions.

When we keep putting teens in jail over illegal drugs and not getting those actual help for their issues the problem will only continue in the years to come. In the article, Marijuana Use and Alcohol Use Are Dangerous for Society say, “A society thrives when there are fewer drugs, not more” (Carlsson 1). Removing teens from this kind of society is going to help them succeed and thrive. Also, make them less depressed because we can help

One accidental effect is that Marijuana is quite popular in high schools all across the country. It is easy to get from Marijuana dealers because they don’t pay attention to your age if you got money and you want Marijuana then you give them money and you get Marijuana. It is easier for kids to get Marijuana than alcohol because alcohol is legal and regulated to keep it out of kids’ hands. We should truly want to keep kids away from drugs we should educate them on the bad things that happen when you take these drugs. It helps when kids know what they are faced with and some of the choices they have to make. For now all we have is D.A.R.E. the thing to be against drugs all it is that police officers come to school and give a speech that amounts to nothing and about all they say is don’t do drugs they don’t explain what the drug’s effects on you are or how it puts you at severe health risks so it really serves no purpose for the police officer to come say that the children were bored to death for 30 minutes to 1 hour and they learned nothing. We also need to find a change in policies for people with drug problems instead of just throwing them in prison they need rehab or something to help them quit doing the drug. We have tried the prohibition with alcohol and that resulted in people making stills and selling their own alcohol so let’s not make the same mistake with

I hear adults complain all the time about how messed up our generation is, but they never stop and think about how they take part of it. Most of the adults think teenagers are all about drugs and cigarettes. 17.8% of adults smoke, 9.4% do drugs. “In 2012 there was a survey took that 7% of middle school students smoke cigarettes and 23% high school students.” You might think it’s all cool, fun, and games, but wait until it comes back and kills you.

The authors extend the comparisons using descriptions and adjectives. The past generation of youths was made up of go-getters eager to “hit the road and find freedom”; they were even the inspiration for Bruce Springsteen’s vivacious album, “Born to Run.” The authors claim that today’s youths are far from that, holding nothing back as they describe the young people of this generation. “Risk-averse and sedentary,” they don’t bother to get their driver’s licenses, are satisfied to be at home browsing Facebook, and put too much faith in luck than effort. In other words, “Generation Y has become Generation Why Bother.” The authors appeal to the audience’s sense of patriotism, stating that American is “a nation of movers and shakers” and enumerating the accounts of bravery shown by the youths of previous generations, images that are admittedly different from the image they have crafted of the modern young person. The praises and favorable descriptions that the authors lavish upon previous generations of youths contrast sharply with the lackluster and borderline-insulting descriptions of today’s young adults. The juxtapositions accentuate how far Generation Y has fallen from its predecessors and prove, once again, that its constituents are leading stagnant lives.

Millennials, a group of people who were born in the year 1984 and after. There are millions of them and they are our future. According to Simon Sinek, millennials “are accused of being entitled and narcissistic, self interested, unfocused and lazy.” Even though Millennials lack in some aspects, he believes that parenting, technology, impatience and environment is to blame. As a millennial, I totally agree with Sinek’s point because I am affected by all the variables that he listed ever since birth. Millennials did not do anything wrong but, the way they were raised affected their attitudes.

When most people hear the label Generation –X they think of a hopeless generation of youth that have given into the pressures of the world. I would like you to think of the X as the Greek symbol for “Chi” which is used as a symbol for Christ. In this decade the youth involved in the Christianity has grown significantly. Youth are responding to the church in ways that the past generation did not. Where mom and dad embraced the tumultuous sixties their children have taken hold of Christianity. The youth organizations that promote the Protestant doctrine have seen the youth membership grow by 50% since 1990. Catholic Churches have witnessed their youth involvement double in the last decade. The youth are coming from all

Across the nation, people are talking about the Millennial generation and how different they are compared to others, but are they really that different? Millennials are lazy, entitled, and selfish, or as you may have heard may be essential to the modern workplace, either way, they are being talked about whether it is good or bad. To put it in other words, past generations are concerned for what the future will look like with this technology-dependent generation, but is that a bad thing if the technology is only going to advance from here on out? The older generation is being too harsh or are they just genuinely concerned about the future? Joel Stein (2013) has written an article about the Millennials, it is titled Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation he argues for them being a selfish generation but by saying that it is not a bad thing. The second article is by Liz Zarka (2017) Generation Me: The Millennial Generation’s obsession with being unique, she argues that they are the generation that needs to be concerned for. After reading both of these articles I agree with some of the points that both of these authors make, however, there are also some sections that I disagree with. My perception of the situation is that millennials may have all these negative characteristics but use them to an advantage that no other generation can has; along with the advancement of technology and the use of social media may have increased the narcissistic trait in them, but they use these traits to get what they want, however, being narcissistic isn’t always good there can certainly be some disadvantages.

How many times have you felt that your parents don't understand you, that they have no respect for you as an individual? How often do you shake your head in frustration and blame it on the 'generation gap'? Parents! They are like aliens from another planet altogether! You and they are in different camps; strangers forced to live under the same roof Right? Wrong! There is a way of bridging what appears to be a yawning chasm. If you genuinely want to improve your relationship with your parents (and give them a big shock in the bargain!) try listening to them, treating them just like you would listen to a valued friend. Instead of always whining, 'You don't understand me", stop and think. Do we ever try and understand