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    to deal with the Buschwhacker controversy. The two drivers crashed just before the finish line, and Pearson won the race by sputtering to the checkered flag. Petty’s retirement in 1992 marked the transition from Nascar’s old guard to a new generation of young turks like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards, whose good looks and well-spoken ways have gone a long way toward popularizing and urbanizing the sport of the old-time moonshine runners. Going beyond that, I was looking at people

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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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    others. It cannot be said for sure that a certain generation is the “better” immigrant, but

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    We are the generation that no longer strives to keep things hidden. Instead we do the complete opposite and prefer everything to be out in the open, we are the open generation, a generation that lacks privacy. We give society this opportunity by posting our life on social media. We allow access to our personal information, not only to our friends and family, but strangers as well but our generation doesn’t see this as a bad thing. The use of social media took off with the creation of Facebook

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    “A&P” by John Updike, the narrator Sammy is a local grocery clerk in a small town. He is a young man thrown into conflict with his older manager, Lengel over young female customers. Sammy was intrigued teenage girls, and he struggled for distinguishing fantasy of romance and the reality of the responsibility his manager has placed on him as an employee. This story focuses on the conflict between the older generation and the new age by comparing the characters. The author described Sammy as a working class

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    who I call Poppy, was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, on September 8, 1941. He lived in a farmhouse in New Hampshire with his mom, dad, sister, and his grandmother, when he was young. He is from the end of the Silent Generation, right before the Baby Boomer generation began. Children born during the Silent Generation are from a time of economic instability, and therefore are comprised of generally hard working people. Poppy is a compassionate, loving grandfather with a good sense of humor. He,

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    well as misunderstandings with parents or teachers. Unfortunately, today's young generation have far more serious problems, such as the increases of teenagers who use alcohol and cigarettes on a daily basis or that many young people suffer from drug addiction. “According to statistics, every fifth teenager, arrested for criminal actions, is younger than 14 years old” (EnglishTopics, 2016). Overall, today’s young generation is faced with multiple issues that are being seen in a negative way, thus because

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    Generation-X When most people hear the label Generation –X they think of a hopeless generation of youth that have given into the pressures of the world. I would like you to think of the X as the Greek symbol for “Chi” which is used as a symbol for Christ. In this decade the youth involved in the Christianity has grown significantly. Youth are responding to the church in ways that the past generation did not. Where mom and dad embraced the tumultuous sixties their children have taken hold of

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    Generation Gap; Teenagers and Adults Nowadays adult hear many thing from teenagers, common dialogues or a phrases that adults hear from the teenagers is, you do not understand, we are the drivers of our own destiny, we are responsible for our life; on what we are and what will we become. Nowadays teenagers set their goals in order to be successful in the near future. “Success is measured by power, popularity, control, achievements, authority, winning and etc. Having more and being more is success

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    possess. Positive sides need to be noticed, discussed and encouraged every day. It is necessary to arm our youth with the relevant knowledge and skill that will convert this mammoth potential to desired results. Let’s have a look to some of Indian young entrepreneurs, students and officers who has created wonderful path for them and achieved outstanding success. May be you haven’t heard their name or achievement. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are Co-Founders of Flipkart. They both had worked with

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