Talking about Generations

As children, we learn that fear is a perfectly acceptable and normal emotion. As we watch young kids, it’s rather funny that they sometimes fear the most harmless things. As adults, we are able to ease their fears, and calm them down. But what about when we grow up? Who helps us overcome our adult [...]

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The video above is from “Super News,” a great online show that’s always entertaining especially when it comes to its references and illustrations. I would describe the show’s humor as post “South Park” and “Family Guy.” This show deals with Generation Y’s dominance over technology and the Baby Boomers. The main problem between these two [...]

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We knew it was going to happen eventually.  We just didn’t want to believe it.  We knew the day would come when Generation Y would lead the way, as our bosses. Remember that movie “In Good Company?” That movie totally predicted this sort of situation, although it did seem a bit unrealistic at the time.   [...]

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I often hear people complaining that Generation Y doesn’t know how to write. They make grotesque grammar and spelling mistakes. And on top of that, they speak a different language, one that older people, can’t understand. Their language consists of slang and acronyms, and it’s often impossible to decipher. Yet generation Y doesn’t seem to [...]

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Can any baby boomer honestly claim that they aren’t afraid of getting old? “Old” just isn’t cool. I remember my grandmother, an old woman with a head of white hair, knitting in her rocking chair. She would cook for us, make us snacks, and was always around. Needless to say, she didn’t work. Women only [...]

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There are two perspectives widely held by Baby Boomers and Generation X, regarding our (Generation Y’s) impatient and impulsive behavior. The pessimists believe that we have a hard time accepting the traditional corporate culture, as it currently exists. They believe that everything we do is wrong. Even if they don’t admit it, they believe it.

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Velocity. Our world spins with great velocity. It keeps getting faster, and faster, and faster. Actually the word velocity doesn’t even begin to explain the rhythm of our lives. I can’t find the right world. I can’t find the word that depicts the frenetic accumulation of information, and the constant change, which surrounds us. I [...]

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I wanted you to watch this commercial. It’s a commercial for a famous sandal brand. As a kid, this was a typical commercial. I remember watching this on our TV, as a family, in our living room. Today, I ask myself, what on earth were we thinking? What possessed us to watch this? I think [...]

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I really like this video. Not just because it’s funny, but because it’s true.  It reveals a bit about who the baby boomers are, and what their kids, Generation Y are like. First off, as a mother of two young adults, belonging to Generation Y, I must say that it’s all true.  Mothers want more [...]

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The book “Tirando O Sapatos,” by Nilton Bonder, which I mentioned in the last post, also struck me for several other reasons. One of them is the baggage Nilton mentions. He remarks that when we travel by plane, the crew always warns us: “Please be careful when opening the overhead bin, baggage may have shifted [...]

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