"Generation X" Literature Review

Even though something bad happens to you, you should not become secluded and be depressed all of the time. Andy shows the reader that you must "get busy living or get busy dying"(movie) or you will loose your inner freedom.

Baby Boomers (people over the age of 30) have begun to grow out of their “baby” status as many of them begin to grow older and some even begin to retire. As these Baby Boomers begin to step down from their positions, they leave a hole that Generation Y (people under the age of 30) is next in line to fill. As the years continue to pass, Generation Y will continue to assume more and more responsibilities until the day comes in which Generation Y is called upon to lead the world. However, many Baby Boomers are concerned that Generation Y just may be the dumbest generation ever. Should the fate of the world really be entrusted to this youthful, tech-savvy generation? Despite Baby Boomer fears, Generation Y just may be the smartest generation to date and it’s all thanks to technology.

Generation X workers resent the labels that have been used to describe them: slackers, arrogant, disloyal, having short attention spans. In fact, these descriptions are less likely to reflect the behaviors of individuals in Generation X than the perceptions of managers who are not attuned to new ways of learning. This Digest investigates ways in which the learning characteristics of the young adults classified as Generation X reflect the need for the new teaching and learning strategies promoted by cognitive scientists, such as learning in context, cooperative learning, and real-world application of knowledge.

2017 was a busy year for Gen-x. This is the year when Gen-x truly came into the light of the public. A month after the consent order both Chemours and DuPont settled around 4,000 lawsuits in Ohio and West Virginia paying $335.4 million dollars. Though they both denied ever doing anything wrong. Half way through ’17 Cape Fear Public Utility Authority accepts and approves a letter from the Department of Environmental Quality agreeing to help evaluate Gen-x. In that same month, Wilmington StarNews published the beginning their Toxic Tap Water series it has a detailed explanation of the chemicals infection the Cape Fear water system. This opened way for the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services

As the generation of babies born after World War II are known as the baby boomers, my generation will likely still be referred to as the millennials. This is due to many of us being born around the turn of the millennium. However, my generation was also the first to have modern technology interrogated into our academics, vehicles, and all other aspects of our personal lives.

A major problem that college students and their parents face is student loans, some even believe that this could be a crisis. Student loans are a big issue and are hindering today’s generation and motivation to attend college. Because college graduates can’t pay off these loans, this leaves graduates in debt and the debt delays plans for their future.

Throughout generation Z, I realize within the world how attached humans get to other humans. But personally, I believe in starting over. I believe that change is certainly a good thing. I believe that letting go is beneficial. However, I believe that moving on does not mean forgetting. Its far too often that people fall victim to things that are tearing us into pieces. Wheather it is a coping method; since often situations leave us so shattered, we as humans find it a hell of a lot easier to sweep our pieces up rather than put them back together. Even sometimes putting them back together doesn't necessarily mean finding the original pieces, but rather simply finding the "right" pieces. No matter the condition, I believe in innovation.

As our generation ages, our knowledge of the our parents issues during their adolescent years. If you ask many young adults now they will say that our issues are very different and that we have nothing in common because times have changed. There are such things as drugs, parties, sex, dating, parenthood, and privledges that we all have faced through the years and that will not change. Although the circumstances may be different, the problems teenagers face today are not very different from those faced by their parents.

Under the perspective of investment and funding, Gen Xers in the late 80’s and early 90’s are responsible for generating the potential for the internet and advanced computer technology needed to birth Facebook. Due to a regulatory change in 1978 that allowed pension funds to consider venture capital funds “prudent” investments, money poured into investment and the number of venture capital funds focused on technology jumped from 47 in 1980 to 71 in 1982 and 113 in

‘I’d rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.’ (Bryce Harper). Bryce Harper would rather help those in need than be a terrific baseball player. Bryce Harper would rather be known for helping those in need than his ability to play baseball. Bryce Harper gave a homeless woman a jar of money. Bryce Harper does help those in need, but wants to help more people. America's gift to Generation Z is baseball players who are role models; Matt Carpenter is caring and Bryce Harper is inspiring.

I am generation Y. Born between global disasters; 9/11, AIDES, national coups d’état and so much more. Known for our arrogance and narcissism. This idea may have been born from our cultures idea that every child is a winner and deserves a trophy for one thing or another, or maybe it came from the birth of social media. Our generation’s new and easily accessible data base where we can share with the whole world about the sandwich we just ate or the asshole who just cut me off in traffic. But, maybe our most resounding trait, the thing that seems to disturb all generations before us, is our numbness to the world.

Most people have a learning style that mirrors how they were taught when they were younger. It should be noted that there is not a one size fits all method when it comes to learning. The key to being able to appeal to each of the different generations is to offer diversity in teaching styles in order to satisfy the different preferences. As of now, there are four generations that are in the workforce and those four generations are: The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials. This paper will examine the characteristics of these four generations, how their learning styles differ, and what to

Every work environment is teeming with people from various generations. Though, the majority of people wish for a healthy work environment this is not the easiest to come by. People from these different generations have different ways of looking at the world. They were raised differently and though theoretically want the same things they want to reach these goals in different ways. Rising to leadership, the understanding of technology, adapting in the workplace, and communication are the four criteria you need to know to understand how the people of Generation X and Millennials function together in the workplace.

In my family, the three generations are all at a different stage in life. Generation one at the moment in stage eight of the Family Life course. In this stage, my grandparents who are still well are still achieving an everyday task that follows this stage. Some of these tasks involve retirement, grandparenthood, Chronic Illness & family Caregiving. In generation two the stages being portrayed is stages six and seven, launching, and empty nesting. Within this stage my mother is currently in the stage of launching, some of the the developmental task she has gone through are releasing young adults , accepting new ways of relating to young adult, maintaining a supportive home base, Sense of self changes. As for my Aunt Patty she is experiencing stage 7 empty nesting, now that my cousins are moved out she is

Baby Boomers (people over the age of 30) have begun to grow out of their “baby” status as many of them begin to grow older and some even begin to retire. As these Baby Boomers begin to step down from their positions, they leave a hole that Generation Y (people under the age of 30) is next in line to fill. As the years continue to pass, Generation Y will continue to assume more and more responsibilities until the day comes in which Generation Y is called upon to lead the world. However, many Baby Boomers are concerned that Generation Y just may be the dumbest generation ever. Should the fate of the world really be entrusted to this youthful, tech-savvy generation? Despite Baby Boomer fears, Generation Y just may be the smartest generation