The Biggest Challenges My Generation Faces
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The Biggest Challenges My Generation Faces
My generation, generation Y born from 1983-2001, has received massive amounts of ridicule for numerous reasons. We have been called selfish, rude, and lazy. As a part of this generation, born in 1996, I am not at all defending us against these insults because they are all completely true. What has made us selfish, rude, and lazy? The abundance of technology use and the way we were raised.
When it comes to technology, no other generation understands it like we do, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that it can make a lot of new jobs for young people. However the bad thing is that we take the use of our technology too far. 83% of our generation sleeps with their phone, me being part of that percentage. Constant use of our technology is undermining our social skills and simultaneously making us lazy. If I wanted to order pizza right now, I could go to the pizzeria’s website and place an order online. So, instead of going to the pizzeria and talking face to face with someone, or even simply calling in and talking to a real human being, with just a few clicks of my mouse and not a step off the couch, I could have that pizza at my doorstep in 20 minutes. The exorbitance of technology use by generation Y has caused us to become extremely lazy and destroyed our sociability.
As I previously mentioned, my generation has been accused of being selfish, along with many more attitude-related problems. We’ve even acquired nicknames such as the “Me Generation”, by TIME magazine, and the “Trophy Generation”. These nicknames are a result of our upbringing. I have countless medals from all the sports I played as a kid that I received solely for “participation”. There was a ceremony held at the end of each season just so we could all receive these medals. As this is a literal example of the reason we acquired the nickname “Trophy Generation”, there are many subliminal examples as well. As a kid I remember being...
My generation, generation Y born from 1983-2001, has received massive amounts of ridicule for numerous reasons. We have been called selfish, rude, and lazy. As a part of this generation, born in 1996, I am not at all defending us against these insults because they are all completely true. What has made us selfish, rude, and lazy? The abundance of technology use and the way we were raised.
When it comes to technology, no other generation understands it like we do, which can be a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that it can make a lot of new jobs for young people. However the bad thing is that we take the use of our technology too far. 83% of our generation sleeps with their phone, me being part of that percentage. Constant use of our technology is undermining our social skills and simultaneously making us lazy. If I wanted to order pizza right now, I could go to the pizzeria’s website and place an order online. So, instead of going to the pizzeria and talking face to face with someone, or even simply calling in and talking to a real human being, with just a few clicks of my mouse and not a step off the couch, I could have that pizza at my doorstep in 20 minutes. The exorbitance of technology use by generation Y has caused us to become extremely lazy and destroyed our sociability.
As I previously mentioned, my generation has been accused of being selfish, along with many more attitude-related problems. We’ve even acquired nicknames such as the “Me Generation”, by TIME magazine, and the “Trophy Generation”. These nicknames are a result of our upbringing. I have countless medals from all the sports I played as a kid that I received solely for “participation”. There was a ceremony held at the end of each season just so we could all receive these medals. As this is a literal example of the reason we acquired the nickname “Trophy Generation”, there are many subliminal examples as well. As a kid I remember being...