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According to Eric Andrew-Gee’s article “Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?!” from The Global and Mail, January 6th of 2018, the smartphones made our lives changed eternally in a most devastating way. The reasons why are, it affected the way we interact towards each other like to our loved ones. The focus whenever we have gatherings are not there anymore, sadly on our smartphones and definitely considered as decreased attention span.…

Effects of smartphones Based on the article written by Jean Twenge, technology even smartphones in particular has caused an extreme change in behavior for children and teens born between 1995-2012. From my own personal experience, I do believe that the majority of teens today have an Iphone. I agree that more than ever less teens are going out, and kids rather chat on social media and gaming systems than to leave the comfort of their own homes to “interact” with their peers. When I was in my…

Informative Synthesis on Millennials Nicholas, Arlene J; Stapleton, Wen, Starrett, & Kilburn and Wilson, Maureen offer a variety of opinions on Millennials, They explain who they are, their vast knowledge on technology and online courses, and receiving timely feedback. The opinions of these authors vary and at times contradict each other due to some of the surveys conducted, they also agreed on other subjects even though their papers had nothing to do with each other. The reader will read and…

When it comes to millennials, the older generations seem to think that they are extremely narcissistic compared to them when they were the same age. Of course, that is not the case. While most adults seem to take the same stance on millennials, Brook Lea Foster does not. Brook Lea Foster understands that millennials and previous generations are not much different in terms of being narcissistic. Narcissism is not any more present then it was in the baby boomer age or other generations. Around…

While there are students who drop out and fail, the majority of students go on to graduate and prove that they have the intellectual potential to succeed. The public seem to think that many students in this millennium do not have the intellectual potential to succeed in college. Many people believe that this generation of students are lazy. This generation is anything but lazy. The students are quite motivated towards their future. The students have the ability to grow and reach new heights.…

Simon Sinek and Hasan Piker are two guys in two separate YouTube videos with opposing views on the Millennial generation. Sinek’s video preceded Piker’s and the topic was on how “Millennials are not compatible for the corporate workplace because of bad parenting, social media, participation medals, and a false sense of self-image”. Piker responded with exigence by arguing that “Sinek is totally ignoring all the problems that Millennials face in the workplace”. Piker’s argument has the upper hand…

Living each day as if it were your last were the words which struck me when I first read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. His ideas of living in the present moment, one’s duty to the universal whole, and the relationship of all creatures to nature, though distant in time, are not distant at all for us. His concerns and questions still very much represent current topics today, showing only one instance of how the ancient world is alive. Through Marcus Aurelius, I developed a passion for the…

still being used to describe parts of Americas History. These four nicknames are the Silent Generation born between 1930-1945, next is the Baby Boomers born between 1946-1964, after that is Generation X born between 1965-1979, and lastly Generation Y occasionally…

In the video Simon Sinek on Millennial & Internet Addiction, Simon Sinek argues that children and adults in this generation receive instant gratification, and that they do not learn social coping mechanism. This issue affects everyone in this current generation because it’s true that in today’s world, we are lacking in patience (one of our ancestor’s important, key values). We want everything instantly, whether it’s instant test results, or instant likes on Instagram pictures. This issue…

Our never ending advancements, televisions, laptops, play stations, phones, on and on the list goes and grows. Our society has become trapped by the idea that everything needs to be immediate, all our information, social media, everything in our lives is immediate, and when we do not get what we want when we want it we become frustrated. How have all of these advancements effected our minds today? How is it that something that used to bring so much joy to people, has now become a point of…