Why Do Our Generation Seem To Be In Trouble

Furthermore, today’s youth feel pressured by the problems left by older generations. Our country’s massive, growing debt, nuclear warheads, decade-long

There’s not much to offer for the young generation. Before there was a huge emphasis on youth and bringing positive things to the community. That aspect has largely taken a back seat. There are no longer things geared towards youth. Instead the focus has been placed on business growth and the economy. The younger generation has turned to drugs and alcohol to fill the void of boredom, and lack of stable family structure. Instead of thinking through the long-term consequences of their decisions, students turn to the immediate “fix”. The dropout rate and the number of young adults in the area being incarcerated has increased. What can be done to minimize this

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 Some Millennials may feel the Silent Generation’s social, religious, and economic conservatism is outdated.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

Our generation has a variety of different people and it really defines what it means to be an American to this day. One topic that really stands out to me is something as simple as saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Most guys will not know what it would be like to be deployed in a different country to fight for our own. Our generation is very lucky, back when world wars were going on men would actually be drafted to go into war. Us Americans have been rioting through the streets of America over a Republican being elected president. People have been burning the American flag because of it. If this is what our generation is going to do, I can’t say that we are true Americans.

Based on the stories my parents told me, I’m very excited to be a teenager in 2016. When they were teenagers in the early 90’s, they didn’t have internet, cell phone, or social media. Although many things were different during that time, they always seem to remind me of the old phrase, “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” I recently read the article, “What Our Words Tells Us”,by David Brooks. Brooks believes the atomization and demoralization of our society means our society has no connection with past generations and that today’s society lacks morals. I believe today’s generation is just as morally conscious as the generations before.

In the show the newsroom, Will McAvoy states that our generation is the “worst-period-generation-period-ever-period.” He is absolutely correct. We sit around hoping that the world around us will change to suit our needs without us ever needing to lift a finger.

Our generation is all about

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.

How is anything going to change if we keep passing the blame so that it never falls on us. Many people are concerned about the future of america due to the looks of our generation. An argument they use is that we plain do not care, well make us care. There are plenty of people yearning for information and to be a part of change but there are no opportunities. How are we expected to change America if we are kept in the dark on things or always talked down to. Like I have said before, to start change we have to work together. We have to create programs to get more people, especially teenagers, involved in important issues today. Maybe there are programs that get people involved, we just need to get the programs more known. It seems like such a daunting task to try to fix the world or get teenagers to care more about the future but it is possible. How is ranting and talking down to teenagers suppose to encourage us to take action? We need guidance from the older generations and then we can guide the generations to

Consequently, there is good reason for Millennials' pessimism and they are delaying the trappings of adulthood in light of poor prospects. Typical Baby Boomer adult milestones, like moving out of parents' homes, buying a house, getting married, and having children are all on hold until Millennials can find a brighter outlook. Millennials have the same goals as Boomers, though the path is not as clear or easy; Generation Y is still looking for the American dream. The question arises: does America

Each generation has gone through multilevel conflicts that would come to define them in the annals of time. For example, in the fifties there was WWII and with the crystallization of the American Dream and our moral identity as a nation. Then in the sixties there was the Vietnam Conflict, Watergate and the Civil Rights Movement that began to peel away the façade. The eighties rose from the ashes of the seventies with a second attempt at a American Dream but created a Cold War and a very real wall that would fall before today with the War on Terror which eludes any comparison to the past. These conflict and consequences had a moral level that would defined what justice, morality and culture was. These fluid concepts ended up spurring real evolution in all aspects of life for each member in an increasingly global culture each generation. These evolving aspects of culture were often transgressive and therefor created unique and novel challenges for each individual who existed independently within the generation. This crisis of morality was a duty each member faced up to in a different way. Some students rebelled against their parents and grandparents moral perspectives in favor of one crafted in the molten passion of the present during the sixties. This was not an isolated incident, no freak occurrence. The seventies would see unpresented environmental revolution and an ensuing social revolution during the eighties. But going another level deeper in these moral

I do agree that the new younger generation is better off materially than spiritually. There are young children today, that know how to work a cell phone but can’t formulate a complete sentence. Centuries ago, the people of America had none of these innovations, but still had the spirit to make life better for themselves and their families. That is what the young generation lacks today. They lack the inspiration to better themselves and their situations. James Q. Wilson uses a statement that Disraeli said about a century ago which was “two nations, between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones or inhabitants of different planets.” (1997). I do feel as if it doesn’t matter where you live at, there are two nations where you have rich and poor.

The most recent generations have been labeled as having an entitlement mentality, because these young adults have a tendency of being self focused and absorbed.

What is the difference between the generation now and the generations of 30 years ago when our parents were in the same spot we were in? Depending on who which person one asks the person who is asking will probably receive a very different answer from the older generations about how this generation is the most spoiled and most ungrateful generation that there has ever been in the entire history of the earth. What the older generations do not understand however is that this generation is the first one to have the technology like we do, and also we have more things to do than ever before and that this generation is not a spoiled one at all.