Technology : The Millennial Generation

In the article, Declining Student Resilience, Peter Gray states, “There has been an increase in diagnosable mental health problems, but there has also been a decrease in the ability of many young people to manage the everyday bumps in the road of life”. It has come up a lot that millennials do not have Grit, unlike other generations. Millennials come off as lazy or immature in society today. Millennials always have a reminder from their parents or grandparents, “back in my day....” or “you’re lucky, you have it easy”. Other generations give millennials a harder time on how they are performing in a school setting. Some generations believe that millennials are babied by their parents. Everyone has their own opinions about other generations. There are many similarities and differences between millennials and other generations on how they performed in schools. Some examples of how they are different and similar are work ethic, pressures, and technology. These examples come from actual opinions from millennials and other generations on their perspectives when comparing millennials and other generations in a school setting.

In Simon Sinek’s inspiring speech, “Millennials in the workplace”, he addresses the issue in today’s age, we don’t have control of how much we use technology and that it’s like an addiction. He argues that we need to find a balance between using social media and real life. He starts off his speech talking about the stereotypical millennial. Sinek states that most of the older generations see millennials as, “...being entitled and narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and lazy - but entitled is the big one.” But why do millennials act this way? Sinek says it’s because “It can be broken down into 4 pieces actually. 1 Parenting. 2 Technology. 3 Impatience. 4 Environment.” An example he uses is fail parenting strategies. When millennials were children they were always told they were special and when they were put in honors classes it was because their parents complained about their child to be in it, not because the child was gifted. Sinek also uses the idea of participation medals and how, “... it

The Millennial generation is a time period that has been strongly influenced by the recent and upcoming changes that surround us everyday. New technology, major events and pop culture are advancements that have led to a diversity that will heavily impact the approaching generations. Currently this is a time of equality, improvement and optimism. Being a Millennial means to take risks and push boundaries for the purpose of growth in our society.

Throughout Kathryn Tyler’s article, “The Tethered Generation,” she discusses the effects of technology and helicopter parents on the millennial generation. Tyler believes that technology has became an easy way for parents to continue to watch over their children as they age (Tyler 478). Tyler also says technology is helping oppressive parents continue to smother their children and that people in the millennial generation are not becoming adults in every aspect of life in the time frame they should be (478). An enormous factor of growing up is being able to make mistakes and figure out problems and solutions alone. This is being taken away by cellphones because young adults constantly have a lifeline to call or text, such as their parents who help solve their problems. As Kathryn Tyler explains in relatable ways throughout her article, technology and helicopter parents are a concerning issue for our future because they prevent young adults from gaining the necessary skills needed to become prominent and responsible adults.

Move over Generation X and Baby Boomers, the Millennials are marching through and equipped with top of the line technology and...smaller brains? According to Mark Bauerlein, Generation Y (another word for the Millennials) are the dumbest generation to boot. He claims the easy access to technology has made the generation less likely to concretely grasp information. However, bringing up new technology and theorizing that it results in dumber minds is a complete oxymoron, an unbelievable belief! The current generation may have faults of their own, but despite what Bauerlein has asserted, this generation is nowhere near the dumbest.

Society is always looking for a fresh argument for its people to debate over. The topic has circled to the idea that the newer generations are doomed when compared to the achievements of previous years. There is a worry that the new century is not up to par with history, based on the preconception that they have been less successful. In “Generation Doomed?” Eric Heisler utilizes allusions and juxtaposition to develop the idea that the current generation is not like how older generations have negatively credited it, but instead, they show positive change, development, and contrast from one another.

So, therefore I agree with Sinek on his opinion of millennials and the difficulties that they face during life. Too many children have been praised beyond healthy, been given the same trophy which has taken away the need or the want to be better than anyone else, and their constraint reminder of their specialty ruins their self-image once they come to terms that they are not special, and what does this all lead to? A much harder life for everyone, a life where anything besides praise hurts, no one wants to be the best because there is no reason to anymore, and people having their self-image ruined because of life crashing down onto

In Simon Sinek’s live talk about the Millennial Question, he discussed how technology, the pressure to conform to today’s society and the constant need for affirmation has greatly affected the young generation’s mental growth and stability. How likely is it to teach these young able adults how to live a balanced life without endangering their well-being? It is possible to nurture their mental growth in a positive way despite the ever-changing technological advances. Both the older generations and the Millennial generation are able to learn from each other by means of influencing one another in a positive way.

The circumstances that I understand to be difficult for millennials during their quarter-life crisis is that the belief that will be the best and make a significant impact in this world. The combination of the parents and the importance set on higher education coupled with the positive reinforcement that the millennial can achieve greatness as long as they work hard can be taxing. This can be a daunting task after the individual graduate’s college with a bachelor’s degree and the job prospects are not what they want to conquer the world. Philippe stated (p. 11),

In my opinion, I believe that the author purposely did not indicate what generation he was writing about so his poem may apply to every generation. Every generation believes that they won’t be as good as their father’s generation and their grandfather’s generation. This is a direct result of technology and people’s views on it. In the past, people have believed that television would be the downfall of their generation, and today we believe that computers will. People seem to believe that the more time people spend on technology, the worse off their generation will be. However, technology hasn’t ruined a generation to date. It is a common theme in literature for a generation to be a complete failure, ruined by laziness, technology and greed,

their physical well-being. As discussed in lecture, this concept largely stems from the idea that the world has become increasingly dangerous since the parents of the millennial generation were children and in turn they over compensate by becoming involved in their children’s action and life decisions, both big and small.

I hope to accomplish in this piece the juxtaposition of showing how many images and articles that consider the millennial generation to be a passive and egocentric while I speak passionately about stories and topics that affect this generation. Those of the millennial generation are even quick to categorize their peers as being all of these terrible adjectives because that’s what’s been told to them. I hope to cause the audience to question if we should believe labels that are placed upon them or to think more critically why these labels are given to

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

In an interview of 2016, Simon Sinek analyses and discusses the topic of Millennials within the workplace. Throughout Sinek’s speech in his interview, he explains the disadvantages which Millennials have faced while growing up in their generation. Now, Sinek claims that the reason why Millennials have been dealt such a “bad hand” in life, is a result of failed parenting strategies, and an imbalance of technology along with social media (which has advanced like never before within the adolescence of Millennials). Therefore, the imbalance of the internet and real-life interaction results in millennials being unable to form deep and meaningful relationships, in order to carry out happy and meaningful live in comparison to previous

In the interview “Millennials in the workplace,” Simon Sineks (2016) shows his empathetic and humorous side by describing Millennials in general. He then chooses to recognize the ones apart of the workforce today and focus on that set of individuals. He does this by highlighting behind the scenes as to why Millennials behave the way they do. He states his four main points of “1 Parenting, 2 Technology, 3 Impatience, and 4 Environment” (2016, time). What Simon Sinek’s states throughout the interview is totally relatable to me as a millennial due to my behaviors and habits. So yes, I agree with his main points as to why Millennials are the way they are. However, to add I believe that technology and environment are the two main important factors in having children not fully develop their best possible selves. To understand this better you have to consider the individuals who live in third world countries compared to the United States. Sineks (2016) explains his main points using examples of any person who uses their cell phones and social media. Many can accuse Millennials of this habit because yes, we are always on our phones. However, this also affects children born during generation X.