Millennials Generation Of Change

    In present time, many people consider Millennials an entitled generation. Entitlement is the simple belief that you have the right to something. Reasons behind this include may include the rise of technology and the influence of social media, or even their helicopter parents who overprotect them. Millennials attitudes and work ethic has also caused serious problems in the workplace, education system, and other outside aspects. Many argue on why that’s the case, which has led to in depth research, and strongly built arguments about the problem. Clearly not an entire generation has these issues, but a vast majority do. Entitled Millennials have shown a pattern in their

Millennials are considered anyone who was born between the years of 1980-2000. Most other generations such as the Baby Boomers and Generation X look down upon millennials because of how the world reacts to millennials qualities. Baby Boomers was anyone born between the years 1946-1964, after World War II. They grew up in a time of radical changes within the world that destroyed the people’s trust in

In the article, “The New Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” by Joan Stein, Stein expresses his views through a complex game of mind control. He captures his audience, the older generations, in the beginning of the article by writing what they want to hear, then switches to the difficult truth, and finally tells the audience that it doesn't matter about what he has to say, but by how they view change. His claim, “So, yes, we have all that data about narcissism and laziness and entitlement. But a generation's greatness isn't determined by data; it's determined by how they react to the challenges that befall them,” (Stein 34) shows just how much he wants to show his audience the difficult truth, and makes them feel bad about being mean to the millennials.

In the article, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” Stein characterizes millennials as being lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. Just how previous individuals have throughout history as he said. He also adds that millennials are narcissistic and fame-obsessed. Millennials are different from members of the other generations by quite a few examples. Like having computers to help with algebra instead of using their heads. Millennials worldwide are similar due to social media and globalization. However, not as similar to older generations. Stein said, millennials perceive entitlement and adapt to the world. He also discusses how we can connect with others internationally and no longer need to marry someone from our high school, but could be

Millennials,millenials,millenials is all I hear about my generation; all I hear about my generation is how clueless and crazy we are about how the world works and that we will never make it like our ancestors before us. I never hear anything good words spoken about millennials and that needs to change. Us millennials hear you and believe me, we are trying our best to change this stereotype. The American dream has always been what everyone desires- a little perfect family, house, and neighborhood.

Lazy. Narcissistic. Ignorant. These are some of the many terms used to describe the Millennial generation. Much of this criticism has come from the generation of Baby Boomers, who believe that Millennials are the least useful generation in the United States because of their ignorance on the economy and politics (Shapiro, 2015). Many generations though, have came and gone, each having its unique impact in it’s time. Each have had key instances and historical event which they are remembered for like the Greatest Generation and their perseverance through the Great Depression and fighting in WWII (How the Greatest Generation Works,2011); the Silent generation with growing up in the Great Depression and having the leaders of the civil rights movement (Snook,n.d) ; the Baby Boomers for the civil rights movement and the stability they grew up in. Generation X being the new leaders and being first the to be introduced to technology(Taylor & Gao,2014). Millennials are the children of technology since they grew up

I used scholarly articles, a small survey of the 37th AMU as well as personal experiences over 14 years of service as the basis of my research. What I found is that millennials are a product of the 1990’s. What I mean is that millennials where born to parents that where focused on give their kids everything they never had rather than developing effective social skills. Furthermore, they were born in a time where they had access to technology every minute of every day. They used this tech to communicate rather than the face to face communication of previous generations. Another factor in the current psychology of millennials is that they grew up in a world where everyone got a trophy, and failing a grade did not hold them back. The bottom line is that it is not their fault they are entitled and lazy its

In Paul Angone’s article “3 Major Challenges Facing Millennials” he talks about how millennials have more problems now than prior generations. Angone explains about how competition is greater now than before because opposed to a high school diploma, the minimum requirement for major companies and corporations is a college degree. Angone states that, “Millennials are the Largest, Most Educated Generation in History.” As a result, millennials have higher debts due to college loans. Angone believes that millennials are not entitled to success, yet they have worked harder than all the other generations, aiding to their high levels of anxiety and depression. Angone concludes the article with the words of wisdom, elaborating to millennials to continue

“The Try-Hard Generation,” by Fareed Zakaria, tells about the views of other generations on the millennial generation. Zakaria informs that a lot of those who are older than the millennials put labels on them down putting and not really good. Those people giving the labels are expecting the millennials to be like their generation and act like their generation when they were the same age. Zakaria explains that it is thought that since the millennials do not challenge the system with protesting and rebellion, then they must not be a great generation like the ones before it. Zakaria goes on and says that they millennials are just

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.

In Simon Sinek speech “Millennials in the workplace interview” Simon humorously explains using past and personal experiences that millennials are a great and fantastic generation. They have become an addictive generation because of bad parenting, technology, impatience, and the environment and the only way to change this generation is if they are given help to balance physical and social lives. I would agree with this because I too suffer from an unbalanced physical and social life. At the start of his speech, Simon states that the generation of the millennials is everyone born from approximately 1984 and after. Then he describes the millennials as being entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and lazy. Then he explains that

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.

The Millennial generation has changed the pluralistic status system. Compared to the Baby Boomers, or Gen X, or the Xennials, Millennial’s have changed the way their social status is structured. During the 1950’s, to the 1990s, a widely pleasure-based lifestyle was sought after. The mainstream path to success and status was accumulating wealth, but during the 1950s, things changed. People rebelled against this mainstream path, and instead of following it, they created a new route to status: the “Rebel Cool.” For them, the more you diverged from, and the more you disdained the mainstream status ladder, then the more status you had. They seeked lives of pleasure, smoking, doing drugs, having sex, because they were markers of a rebellious, free-thinking, status quo-flaunting identity. Millennials however, changed that. To millennials, the lives of their rebellious parents and teachers don’t seem desirable. Pleasurable things such as drinking, and smoking aren’t the basis of how they accumulate status. There has been a huge shift in how status is acquired. Millennials are on the search for greater meaning in life, seeing the vices of the past as superficial and possible impediments in their quest. They value experiences more than wealth, they are proud about their connection and collaboration, they are unconventional, and growing up in the age of technology they value knowledge and learning. Millennials have changed the meaning of “cool.”

The Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, applies to the individuals born between 1982 and 2004. They reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century, and with a population of about 80 million people. This age group is characterized by values, unique experiences and expectations. This is a very protected and desired generation. The "Millennials" are presented as a culturally diverse generation optimistic, self confident, sociable and achievement-oriented. They represent approximately 25% of the workforce in the United States. Millennials are supposed to be the years that people are discovering who they are. Eighteen to thirty year olds shouldn’t be stressing out about marriage or even thinking about getting married.

In the generation of the millennials, the internet has become the main source of news and according to an article by Aaron Smith on the Pew Internet website 43% of registered voters from 18-29 get there political information from social media (Smith, 2014). This fact shows that political information is transitioning from being distributed threw controlled news outlets to being able to be typed up and pushed out around the world by individuals. The effect of social media comes with the advancement of technology because now people can be updated at moments notice due to smart phones. This ability creates convenience but leads to consequences. Robert Montenegro writes in a bigthink.com article that the use of this unchecked power of being able to push ideas to masses has lead to “thoughtless extremists” and political ignorance (Montenegro, 2015). The millennial generation is falling victim to social media due to information being instantly disseminated to masses and having a limited followering but is leading to more political involvement.