Reflection Paper On Millennials

The Millennial Generation is earning 20 percent less than the Generation X and the Baby Boomers. Psychotherapist at NYU (according to the university’s website), Brooke Donatone argues in her article, “Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up” that millennials experience “extended adolescence that delays adulthood” (Donatone 1). The author believes that the reasons for that happening are parents by their helicopter parenting and the economy because there are less high paying jobs that allow millennials to be financially independent. Throughout the article, Donatone explains that there is evidence on how it is not millennials’ fault that they are experiencing delayed adulthood. Therefore, it is safe to assume that her intended audience are the parents

I choose not to use “Millennials’ Heads Under a Rock” by Ed Schipul simply because the main ideas compared to “Thrift: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Virtue” by Daniel Akst differs drastically. The main idea in Schipuls essay is that Millennial graduates are having issues getting employers to hire them. Additionally, Schipul blames this problem on the Baby Boomers since their spending habits were at a record braking high in the United States. Thus, his overall idea of his essay doesn’t relate to the topic of thrifting as much as “It’s Consumer Spending Stupid” by James Livingston does. For example, Schipuls essay revolves around employment after college rather than the economy and the overall spending problem in American. Therefore, this would

My daughter, an addict, has battled with her faith for years. She battled her faith along with the drugs. For several years she was in an abusive marriage where her husband would not allow regular church attendance or any other shows of Christian behavior. This oppression trickled down to the children as well. I still tried. I encouraged her whole family, especially her and the children, to join me at church and of course the customary lunch following the services. Regularly I included her in spiritual or inspirational quotes and other reading material. I invited her to our Women’s Bible study each week. Honestly, I physically encouraged every way I could think of. Her oldest child, my granddaughter, attended the school at my church. My granddaughter came to know Christ. My daughter did too a while later but I feared it was only for show. I was encouraged when she sought treatment for her addiction where the 12 step program remains biblically based. I saw a change in her during that time. Several months later she had completed the treatment program and was, or at least I

Joel Stein uses his article in TIME Magazine, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” to address the underlying issues and positives of the millennial generation by using various forms of data, statistics and negativity. While he is mostly successful with his tactics, he goes to such extremes with his negativity that he loses some of his audience before he even has a chance to talk about anything else. Stein spends much of his article speaking about how the Millennial generation is lazy, however research suggests that the Millennials aren’t necessarily lazy, but are held in place for various reasons outside of their control.

Do you agree with Sen’s argument that “Millennials” do not know how to talk about race?

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.

from college to the working world, the millennial generation 's workforce is highly likely to grow

Housing options are increasingly becoming a challenge in the United States of America. Competition is at an all-time high, as age and population forcibly create irremediable problems. The main challenge is being posed by baby boomers and millennials in the real estate market. For instance, many Americans depend on mortgages to finance their asset acquisitions. Income levels are plummeting, while the increase in mortgage rates and prices make it hard for many Americans to be able to afford various mortgage products that are being offered by financial institutions. Although housing options have arguably been growing at everlasting rate through construction, millennials might have an increasingly more difficult time relocating after college due

In response to Stein's remark about millennials being lazy, Tracy states, "For one thing: it's the economy, stupid!" (para 4).

In Joey Koyle’s article, “Are Millennials the Screwed Generation?”, Koyle argues from a subjective and objective point of view that the current millennials are an inadvertently screwed generation. Koyles “shows” and “tells” his readers that as a result of the current economy, the rising increase of national debt, the lag into adulthood, the stress that comes with owning a home, and the right and left wing political parties make it almost impossible for young adults to become financial stable Americans. Koyle does not believe that young adults are not financial responsible. Rather, unable to succeed as a result of the policies that used to run this country.

“The kids of today are throwing society away,” cry the Baby Boomers meanwhile the Millennial and youths are tweeting that the “olds ruined our country, our society and our planet.” Both groups are transfixed in this eternal smear campaign with each declaring the other to be morally repulsive and ignorant to their values, but this is rather ironic as each generation has been just as progressive and equally rebellious to society as the generation that came before it. Millennials and Baby Boomers aren’t even that different: they each fight for social change and justice, both create their own culture and find their own way to achieve nirvana, and neither really know where they’re going in life, yet both seek economic prosperity. Take this slightly

The growing workforce today is forever changing. The first generational age group of baby boomers are starting to retire from the workplace. With this they are taking years of knowledge and experience with them while the new generation “X” and generation “Y” are rapidly increasing in and becoming the next leaders.

There are different generations to define age groups of people. For example, the Post-Millennials are ages 17-0. These generations are all apart of a technological revolution. The cell phone has become a crucial part of everyday lives of people in these recent generations. It is predicted that the Post-Millennials and the Millennials have the most cell phone usage than any generation before it. It is also predicted that these generations received their first cell phone at a younger age than the generations before. The Generations before are accustomed to talking face-to-face, and don't need another form of communication. But, the most recent generation uses their cell phones so much, they may be losing the ability to communicate with someone without any form of technology.

In refraining from absolutes, I will say that there are no expectations for normal behavior in our communities today. A common conception is that the Millennial generations are privileged and entitled, that they tend to look at life differently. This is interesting, that the largest occupying generation has developed what I would call unjustified entitlement. They have always had easy access to information, the technology generation. Stereotypically we are seeing knowledge of hard work and skilled trades taken for granted. Businesses and Universities strive hard to market to this generation, making the experience, new and cutting edge. Therefore, if tolerance and embracing change in all people will allow humanity to live in peace and bestow

The upcoming generation, millennials, are a new type of generation. They have proven to be the most educated generation, despite the hard times in the economy. Yet they still face criticism from their elders on their work ethic. Although they seem to all be lazy and not interested in working, not all millennials are like that. They just have different values in life, and balance work life with free time. Millennials have faced a lot of criticism on their work ethic, which has many questioning do millennials have a strong work ethic. They are said to be lazy narcissistic tech addicts, who don’t take any job seriously and slack off. What most don’t know is that the economy hasn’t been in the greatest of shape, this makes work ethic hard to