Generation y: The present
Generation Y: The Past, the Present, the Future A generation has no defined time limit. There have been generations from as little as ten years’ time span all the way up to thirty years apart. “Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers,” the American writer Lewis Mumford once said. Kids have always gathered up at the feet of their grandparents to hear stories about war and the old technology. Yet when it comes to the stories of these children’s’ parents, it’s like convincing them to eat broccoli they want nothing to do with it. There are always extreme differences between parents’ generations and their children’s. For example, the Greatest Generation were the loyal patriots that fought in WWII; however their offspring, the Baby Boomers, protested war (Vietnam) and had civil rights and feminist movements. These differences between one another are inevitable and people always point out the flaws of each. Although many people criticize Generation Y for being high-maintenance workers they fail to recognize the advances made in technology, their impact on popular culture, and the work from these young guns that has been done to improve the environment. Generation Y includes everyone born from roughly 1980 until 1995 and are, for the most part, the offspring of the Baby Boomers. According to the Census Bureau, Generation Y members are outnumbering the Baby Boomers by about one and a half million. Gen Y has also been referred to as the Echo Generation, the .com Generation, the iGeneration, the MySpace Generation, and the Millennials. This group has the highest number of people attending college today and many of this generation are beginning to enter the workforce. Some typical things that this generation is associated with are going to the gym and being physically active, having tattoos and piercings, and being very fashion savvy. For example, more than half of clothing stores in shopping centers are
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