Gen-Y Gurus: Hit Or Miss?

As with all group stereotypes, there will be some characteristics that are correct and others that don’t apply, depending on who you are….rarely are all traits seen in all the people in the group, ya know?

I think it’s the same with the life-changing events too…if you grew up in certain environments you might be more shaped by certain life events than others.
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I think firstly, no one ever wants to consider themselves pretentious or entitled and it’s difficult to see bad qualities in yourself, not to mention your generation. As I work at a college, I’m dealing with students of this generation on a daily basis. And yes, not all of them are pretentious, or have a sense of entitlement. But. A great many of them are. These ones are spoiled and lazy. They can’t do a darned thing for themselves, and more prudent to this conversation, they don’t have to because their parents are doing it for them. Their confidence comes off as arrogance. They don’t respect anyone or anything. I’m not the only one who experiences this. Our affiliate schools abroad constantly complain about the quality of American student we send abroad.

Now, maybe it’s due to the University where I’m employed. It’s a private college-and there are quite a few students here who don’t need financial aid. Does money breed that attiude, who knows. Though a far cry from my own college experience, I’m sure you could recount as well as I a few pretentious people we may have known, well off or not….

The tech-savvy-ness is completely true, and of course making our world one step closer to becoming just like Farenheit 451. You have to admit, it’s a little sad when students can’t go one class without texting their friends.

Of course, these points could entirely be moot. I’m teetering on the very edge of this generation (born in 1981), so I may identify more with the previous one, who didn’t have all that great of a rep either–Starbucks-drinking slackers, I believe? I guess every generation has it’s good and bad points-but I think instead of denying them, people should embrace them. You are what you are, afterall, and there’s no sense in thinking an entire generation is filled only with good points.

And for the record, I do drink a ton of Starbucks and I’ a complete slacker, who loves the environment, cares about her community and embraces tolerance and diversity. And let’s face it, I was a film major. I’m the definition of pretentious.

Well, look at you, all elbow-rubby. I can say “I knew him when.”
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