Posted in Artikullocks, Family, Generation on jul 17th, 2009
Valéria Lima My generation is known as being skeptical, and I know why. If it’s up to me, the new generation will be even more skeptical than us. Growing up, I remember that most of what aired on TV consisted of contests and commercials. You know, those contests in which you had to send a [...]
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Ruth Muraro Our generation lived for Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson. Our Brazilian idols were Leila Diniz, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, and Chico Buarque. We listened to all thismusic. Religiously.
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Mauro Segura I look around, and realize how much new technologies are slowly but surely, invading schools and Universities. My son studies “Engineering and Production” at the University “UFRJ.” His Economics Professor Maura Montella, asked her class to complete a project, in which the finished product would be a video about the black market.
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The song “comonossospais” (“Like our Parents”), written by Belchoir, and sung by Elis Regina, holds great significance, when it comes to thinking about generations. The lyrics reveal the immense gap between the singer and her parents. Even more interestingly, the song also expresses the huge gap between young people today and their parents.
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Posted in Family, Generation on jul 2nd, 2009
Bibi, I know that you just turned two, but I want to write to you. I want to tell you that I know that relationships will be very different when you grow up. Today, people keep in touch with their family online, and assure me that it doesn’t mean they love any less. It’s just [...]
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- Hi Honey, how are you? Look, I need to know how to add a friend on “Orkut.” – Dad you are going to need to access that person’s profile. So just click here. – OK. I’m on their profile page. Now what? – Now, you click on the menu and to the left side [...]
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Posted in Family, Generation, Web, Youtube on jun 18th, 2009
I want to recommend this video to you. As a very young child, I used to watch this television series. This “TV family” illustrates what a typical real life family used to look like. At that time, daddy knew everything. Daddy knew best. When we wanted something, we always turned to Daddy. He knew about [...]
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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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Posted in Family, Generation Y, Movies, Web, Youtube on jun 9th, 2009
These days in Brazil, our kids often delay striking out to live on their own. I notice how this fills parents with conflicting emotions. On one hand, we want our kids to be mature enough to live alone, or with friends or a partner. On the other hand, as “helicopter parents,” we want them close [...]
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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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