Joel Stein's The New Greatest Generation

Arnett’s (2000) theory of emerging adulthood expands upon Ericson’s earlier work and denotes emerging adulthood as a distinct period of transition characterized by exploration of possibilities and change. Arnett notes that changes in industrialized societies within the last fifty years have created a greater need for a postsecondary education, which in turn affected both marriage and birth rates. I find it important to note the similar effects of the Great Recession on the current generation. The Great Recession also affected the ability of college students and recent college graduates to find career opportunities and be financially independent, which in turn affected the achievement of traditional markers of adulthood, such as financial independence, marriage and childrearing. Individuals may be wary of making a lifetime commitment in the face of economic uncertainty.

Have times of becoming an adult being delayed? As a child you think that you cannot wait to become an adult and as you start to embark your journey into adulthood you realize what you said was the worst idea. In the slate article the author, Broke Donatone , she thinks us millennials have a hard time growing up due to the crazy amount of stress we add onto ourselves. According to a 2012 study by CASA 44% of college students are depressed and because of that suicide is the leading cause of deaths in college student. I think the authors’ argument is that the new generation has more problems to face than ever causing us not to grow up properly.

In Time's article "The New Greatest Generation", author Joel Stein demonstrates his view on the Millennial generation. Stein clearly sets a tone that clues the reader in right away; the title has a sarcastic element to it and Stein is obviously not a fan of Millennials. He jumps right in and calls them "lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow." (para 1) He immediately claims that he has proof; he has studies, statistics, and quotes from academics to back it all up.

Humans are social creatures, we have a desire to belong, and a need to connect with others and feel that we are part of a group. With older people there is often the feeling that there is some kind of disconnect between them and wider society. We encourage them to retire at 65 so that the younger population can move into the workforce(Jönson,2012), and then these retirees are directed to go on cruises designed just for seniors or to move down to a retirement community in California. We segregate our elders to seniors activity centres which we cheerfully tell them will be fun because they will be with other old people, and when they are no longer able to age in place(Wiles et al.2012) we package up a small amount of their belongings and place

Does money make the characters in the Great Gatsby happier? In the book The Great Gatsby, Gatsby was dating Daisy, who he truly loved then he had to go fight in World War I so then Tom took advantage of that and married Dasiy who was using tom only for his money. Will Gatsby and Daisy's love be the same as before when Gatsby went to war?

Mama Dragons, I'm in distress. My brother-in-law just posted the following (see below) even though his daughter is a lesbian who came out almost nine years ago. She just contacted me and said she broke off contact with him. I've offered my full support and love to her, but now I'm feeling like I want to rip his head off. I need advice from my fellow, more experienced Mamas.

In this article ” why Millennial will save us all” was written by Joel Stein and Josh Sanburn, which was published in May 20, 2013. In this article, the authors’ called Millennial generation which is now this generation “ lazy, entitled, selfish, and shallow”(Stein et al. 28) like how other generation had called. According, to the article  Stein explain that he called this generation with cure world because he had the evidence about that. In this article, Stein did not     In the beginning of this article, Stein argued that this generation are very different than others generation such as self-absorption.

Final Thesis The Baby Boomer era has decreased since War War 1, leaving mostly the government and Canadians distress about how this event will impact societies economy and the debts our generation has to pay. Supporting argument #1 With the peak in births during the Baby Boomer era, this has resulted in financial instability within society. Supporting argument #2 Society as a whole is experience difficulties managing the effects of the aging Baby Boomers. Introduction During the 1947 to 1965, about 76.4 million children were born, this phenomenon was eventually labeled as the Baby Boom (Canadian Encyclopedia).

America is one of the greatest nation to harbor debt. How did we become a nation littered with debt? There has been so many ways that we as the general population of America can contract debt. A factor contributing to debt is the economic success of America itself. As a capitalist country, most of our American goods are processed in other countries because the labor force is cheaper.

Bill Clinton once said, “if you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is to never quit, never quit, never quit.” This quote correlates to baby boomers because they have lived a long time and know how to handle their lives and handle adversity.