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    that, perhaps her generation is the last to truly know the meaning behind the word “home”. The contributing factors to such conclusion derived from her personal experiences with her direct family (mother, father, and brother), her husband, and even her own daughter. Didion first sets her definition of home by clarifying that to her, home means “not where [her] husband and [she] and the baby live, but the place where [her] family is.” (Didion1) Her

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    things have altered from only one generation to another? The things that come to my mind when I think of the “old days” is how different the place and community the last generation grew up in was. It definitely wasn’t as dangerous or protected as our world is today. The kids back then had more freedom and trust in their communities because of the parenting, society, and people's views on different things. The first thing that I feel has changed from the last generation to now, is parenting. My mom has

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    conversation with someone older or younger than you? Perhaps it was simply a lack of interest in the topic or the inability to find similar ground to connect on. The cultural differences between generations in America create a gap where the ability to communicate effetely and relate is lost. How the younger generation communicate is based off how they were taught by the older generation. Just like any child the younger generation is molded by experience. When the older generation refuses to reach across

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    progression between peers, cohorts, and families through generations. The shift in marriage trends, family values, and social interaction have modified, and continue to transform the nature of adolescence. To draw on specific examples, comparisons were made based off interviews given to a typical teenage girl today and a female adult the same age in the 1950s, which from now on will be referred to as Generation Z and Happy Days Generation. As per the in-class discussion on social transitions, the

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    Destroyed a Generation?” written by, the Psychology Doctor, Jean M. Twenge, she presents the results produced after twenty-five years of research (Twenge para3). Her research was carried out to understand the new generation and explain how it differs to the previous generations (Twenge para9). Although her style is indeed formal, she utilized a heavy amount of credentials, logos, emotional appeal and a factual tone, to enforces her appeal on the parents of the kids of this new generation. Furthermore

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    largest determining factor because of the impressionability of children, the established identity that the adults must change, and the attachment to the old country that is stronger in some than others. It cannot be said for sure that a certain generation is the “better” immigrant, but

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    Joseph Healey’s “From Immigrants to White Ethnics” is a generalized comparison between the varying groups of individuals that accompanied the colossal waves of immigration to the United States from Europe in the nineteenth century. Immigration to this country resulted from a number of reason such as religious persecution, individuals seeking to find employment after industrialization in their home countries limited their livelihood, and political oppositions to name a few. On arrival the immigrants

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    fully Americanized within a generation. At the beginning of the novel, it seems like they are more in tuned with the rest of America. They are economically stable. But when Carl comes back on his first visit, Lou and Oscar scorn him about burning Wall Street. Obviously, America is building and becoming more advanced. While still in Nebraska, people are relying on their crops to get them by. They are still dwelling on traits, beliefs, and actions that past generations had implemented. Romantic love

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    management team guidance and assistance in leading their team; furthermore, this will enable managers to engage their team and help them build their human capital. The coaching module will focus on leading multiple generations, employee retention, gaining trust/credibility, leading multiple generations, and giving performance evaluations. For CapraTek’s coaching module, material will be presented using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. The objectives for the coaching module include: 1. Decrease employee turnover

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    We are provided with a larger starting knowledge base then most, which lends its self to our generation being very skeptical. We are ones that don’t tend to take many things at face value. Since we have grown up in a time where our world around us is changing so rapidly we are forced to take a step back and understand our situation first and react/

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