Igen vs. Millennial For all the 1996 babies and later, have you ever wondered what the generation before us was like? Did they have the same privileges as you, same taste in music, or what about the same food preference? If you were to compare the two generations, you would see that there are many similarities and differences from one another. I interviewed a young lady from the millennial generation to give me some insight on how their generation was compared to ours. After coming up with some questions, I came to see that both generations have a few similarities. First the importance of extended family. Spending time & getting to know family isn’t as important for us igens. The closest we get to extended family is our grandmother and …show more content…
For fun they didn’t participate in nothing to exotic or dangerous back then. Now a day’s groceries and clothes are so expensive and outrageously high. You could go into a clothing store and only get five items and you’re paying a hundred or more for barely anything. Even Goodwill where you’re supposed to be getting deals you’re paying an arm and a leg. Brooklyn and I both realized that both of our generations are dealing with the same cost. I asked Brooklyn, how much did things cost back then and her response was, “About the same as your generation”. Considering Brooklyn is only seven years older than me not much has changed in the economy. As far as cost, we are very similar in our generation. A second difference I want to discuss in both millenials generation and ours is how kids are spoiled. 90’s generation are definitely spoiled we don’t work for anything really. Everything most of us receive is just because we asked for it. Me personally I will admit I am spoiled, but not everything I received easily. I asked my source if kids in her generation were spoiled and if so how? Her answer was, “No one was spoiled we all had to work for everything we got no special treatment no nothing. We had jobs to attend everyday if not every other day”. Being spoiled didn’t start until our generation. We invented it. Lastly, to compare
Baby boomers and millennials, are they oil & water or two peas in a pod? There have been large shifts in society and culture between when the baby boomers were born (1946-1964) and when the millennials were born (1981-1996). There are many factors that have influenced and molded each of these two generations such as technology, trends, debt and economy. Who exactly are millennials and baby boomers? What I know emphatically is that they both have strong opinions of one another. The Baby Boomers were promised the American Dream; they worked hard and are perceived as greedy and ambitious. Baby Boomers are “Perhaps the most influential generation in history, this “flower power” generation is known for their pivotal roles in the civil
There has been a major difference between the millennials and iGen through their amount of independence. Twenge explains the change in how independent teens are today and how they spend their time with the introduction of smartphones. “But it was exactly the moment when the proportion of Americans who owned a
Gen Z is later described as not similar to millennials but “‘more like their grandparents (or, in some cases great-grandparents)’, Mr.Howe said [who is a researcher and a social trends consultant]”(Williams). They grew up in the same kind of struggle, them with the Great Depression and Gen Z with the Great Recession.
There are currently six living generations in the United States, each with different characteristics, beliefs, and values. The things that define each generation’s culture are derived from their history, upbringing, and the lifestyle of their time. Our generation was born between 1980 and 2000. We are called Millennials. More specifically, we grew up in the South, which typically lends itself to being more conservative and religious. These characteristics, along with our instant gratification attitude, define who we are, what we believe, and how we view other generations. For example, we might have differing views with the Silent Generation. Some Millennials may feel the Silent Generation’s social, religious, and economic conservatism is outdated.
My mother would often say of my brother and I have it easier than when she was younger. She says that this generation is a lot lazier and more entitled than hers was. With the newest and latest devices and gadgets coming out every year, she says that the youth feels entitled to have them, but don’t want to do the work to get them. Both of my mom and dad had jobs when they were younger as well as most of their friends, making it her generation's American identity. She explained that there was not as many working laws for teenagers back then for after school jobs. With this came more responsibility, she also said that there was a lot more respect for adults as well as others in general. Things like Facebook allow youth to make rude comments on other’s posts without much thought of what they’re actually
This book is a sequel to the Generations book by the same authors. It is very optimistic about the potential and qualities of the Millennial generation. For instance, they are born in an era when children were viewed more positively, they are more optimistic, cooperative, accepting of authority, rule followers, are the most watched over generation, smart, and believe they can change the future.
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.
Arlie Russel Hochschild adheres to a variety of assertions in his article, “Gen Fill in the Blank” concerning what he thinks a generation means. It was proposed that generations are solely branded by the pivotal impact they undergo as a cohort during historical events; hence, sharing a common response to those events. Hochschild furthers this idea by introducing generational identity and how that’s defined by the conceptions that society invokes upon a generation. Furthermore, he includes that an important factor making up modern day’s generation is the external burden of American Individualism; this universal pressure has robbed us of our ability to care and resulted in a profound deficiency of “cultural expression”.
There are many aspects of my generation that reflect, define, and influence my generation. Its a difficult task to understand Generation X, my generation. We are like no generation before us, and no preceding generation will be like ours. We are empowered by the Internet, we have more knowledge about technology than our parents, and we are exposed to so much information. One thing remains unchanged, as with past generation; the relationship between us and our parents. Jamake Highwater once said, "the greatest distance between people is not space, but culture.(301)" This is true, my generation has their own culture, one which is of course different than that of our parents. We are still considered rebellious. We listen to music
As time progresses onwards, the rift between generations seems to widen. Today, an emphasis is often placed on the defining differences between the younger and older generations.
Canada’s voter turn-out is decreasing every year with now only 60% of Canadians vote in the federal election. Most of the non-voters consist of youth, where the majority of the votes come for seniors. The millennial age group are lazy and do not necessary care about the history behind voting and the people how fought for the right to vote. The senior age group on the other hand, witnessed or experiences the wars, protests and fights for Canadians to have the right to vote therefore understand and respect the federal elections. In the modern elections politician are selection a senior target audience with their election platforms, making youth feel unimportant and un-allowing youth the chance to get educated about
The 90’s are referred to as “the last great generation” due to the events that occurred in the 2000’s such as 9/11 and the overpowering advancement of technology. While the “adults” were wrapped up in the economy and political events that were occurring at this time, younger people were busy enjoying life as it was without worries. It wasn’t until the beginning of the 2000’s that they realized that life wasn’t so easy and that they did have things to worry about, making them want to go back to the 90’s where they remember life being far less complicated. The simplicity of life and ease of living for the youth during the 1990’s causes it to now be regarded as one of the most nostalgic eras in history by Generation Y, although somewhat unfavorable by older generations.
Nearly 3.7 million American babies born in 1982 were the first members of the new Generation Y, or more affectionately known as millenials (Thompson, par. 1). Many things play into whether a generation is considered to be faring ‘better’ than another one; job opportunities, the state of the environment, whether the U.S. is at peace or at war, income vs. living expenses, the general happiness of the people, and the list goes on. Millenials are part of a special generation because
According to Jennifer Haytock, without financial stability, once well-to-do families “found themselves penniless” and had to learn to deal without many basics, which soon became luxuries (82). This altered the way of life for Americans. In a short story written by Lisa A. Wroble, a family becomes so poor that they lose their home to save their family business (9). In her story, she tells about instances where families had to pick up and move in hopes of finding work in a different location (10). Wroble emphasizes the severity of the depression by describing how many travelers could not afford a place to stay at night; they had to take shelter in homemade dwellings called shanties made of cardboard boxes and scraps of wood (10). Foods that were common before the Great Depression soon became a luxury for families. Wroble describes how soup and bread became the staple meal for most just to get by (13). This taught children to not be wasteful and to value what they were given. Like food, clothing was now a luxury. Wroble further describes how children’s clothes and shoes were patched multiple times and often did not fit (14). In addition to rationing food and clothes, other measures were taken to save money. According to Haytock, “Many couples put off marriage and postponed having children for economic reasons” (82). This altered
Millennials are reported to live at home longer than previous generations either by choice or due to debt. Because of the difference in the economy during the lives of these two groups, the social behavior of what and how they buy is quite