1. Introduction
Our generation the 21st century generation is often referred to as the lost generation due to how we behave and carry ourselves but the question remains, did we parent ourselves?, did we bring ourselves to this world?. The answer to this is “No”, our generation is not the lost one but was born of the lost generation. The problem lies on how we were raised our parents seem to have lost the plot by failing to integrate the traditional way of parenting in our upbringing. The perception that older people have about us and how they normally refer to our actions or misconduct as “youth of today” whereas the problems on how we conduct ourselves were. Indigenous Knowledge encompasses spiritual relationships, relationships with natural resources, relationships with other people and all in all how we treat ourselves. The effect of moving away from traditional practices has led majority of young people living reckless lives by being disobedient and disrespectful. This thus co-relates with the way thing used to be done in the olden days using folk knowledge that our forefathers had that had produced better responsible citizens. Furthermore relates to our question since with education parents can improve their way of parenting by learning more from the indigenous knowledge. In this essay I intend to argue for traditional parenting to not be overlooked but to be used as a central guide for better parenting in the modern world.
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Wouldn't having knowledge in these areas be more beneficial than detrimental to our society? Although I acknowledge that there is an abundance of diversity and richness within the Indigenous community that cannot be covered entirely, I still feel that the educational curriculum falls short in this regard. When Weenie says “…we cannot assume that all our students have foundational knowledge of our culture. Due to colonization cultural transmission has been disrupted and much of our work is about restoring and revitalizing.” (Weenie, 2019) This quote stood out to me.
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A Rhetorical analysis of “Generation Velcro” In “Generation Velcro,” Dorothy Woodend discusses the lack of basic skills and knowledge that is being passed down from generation to generation, and how this could be a fundamental problem for both generation Y and the future of planet earth. Woodend, setting the tone for her article, asks the question, “[i]s this generation heading into a coming dark age with little more than the ability to update their Facebook statuses and watch YouTube, all with laces untied?” (par. 7). She contends that “[t]he inability to concentrate in a world of competing bits of information and constant multitasking have led to brains that can no longer keep up,” implying that this problem of concentration is inhibiting this newest generation’s ability to learn the skills necessary to sustain our world properly (par. 12).
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Comprehending the use of rhetorical analysis will improve the understanding of other articles similar to “The Me, Me, Me Generation”. Millennials would be the adequate
In Engaging and empowering aboriginal youth: A toolkit for service providers the author explains the importance of our shared history and recognizing this. “Within our shared history of colonization and assimilation, there is an obligation of the part of individuals and organizations in the dominant culture to find ways to balance out historical wrongs by helping to bring wider recognition to the immense value of indigenous knowledge and ways of practice” (Crooks, Chiodo, & Thomas, 2009, p. 3). To take an approach of respect and look at the history in which youth today may be dealing with. This can be done by changing program to make sure it is socially, and culturally appropriate.
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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.
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