Douglas Lerner

Youth in America Generation people born during the same time period

team player - someone that works well on a team optimistic - having a positive view about life/society self-centered - believe that oneself is the most important person driven working hard to succeed Digital atives -preferring reading/working/sociali!ing on a computer "olerant accepts people who look/think differently then they do feel enormous academic pressure #pressure in school$ raised by omnipresent #always there$ parents -taken care of by parents that are always there %onsumerist - caring a lot about buying things

&hich of these words describes the young generation#post '(s/post )(s$ in %hina* &hat other words can you think of* &hy*
Millennial generation Millennials: Generation X: Baby Boomers: Born 1982 2002 Born 1965 1982 Born 1946 - 1964

children of +aby +oomers or early members of Generation , the most diverse generation in American history -./ are nonwhite or Latino also called 0Generation Y12 or the et #internet$ Generation roughly -(/ of the American population

Major events or yo!nger generation in "meri#a:

$%ara#teristi#s o Millenials:

"hey are nurtured by omnipresent parents1 optimistic1 and focused3 typically strong bonds between these students and their parents1 particularly with their mothers1 and they stay very connected even when they go away to school e4pected to e4cel by their parents highly scheduled and sheltered in childhood went to 0play groups2 and played soccer from the age of often spoiled as a result of changing child-rearing practices 5espect authority1 identify with their parents6 values "hey schedule everything3 "hey feel enormous academic pressure3 7alling crime rates3 7alling teen pregnancy rates3 +ut with school safety problems8 they have to live with the thought that they could be shot at school1 they learned early that the world is not a safe place3

"hey feel like a generation and have great e4pectations for themselves3 &ith unlimited access to information tend to be assertive with strong views3 9nvision the world as a :./; place8 want fast and immediate processing3 "hey have been told over and over again that they are special1 and they e4pect the world to treat them that way3 "hey do not live to work1 they prefer a more rela4ed work environment with a lot of hand holding and praise3 <ften feel that they are smarter and more able in the work place than previous generations1 e4pect to rise high positions =uickly

grew up in a time of economic prosperity followed by recession1 recent graduates have trouble finding work tend to be conventional1 accepting of societal rules and e4pectations team-oriented achievement-oriented> likes being rewarded and told that they 0did a good ?ob2

@ultitasking is a way of life for this generation 7ocusing on one activity for long periods of time is difficult for millennials1 with endless distractions from technology1 most millennials cannot focus for long periods of time #average attention span is :( minutes$1 less millennials read newspapers and book for pleasure1 "A1 movies1 and music have also become shorter and faster

constant social contact with friends via e-mail1 Bnstant @essaging1 cell phones1 and social networks &igital natives raised in a technological environment accepts that environment as the norm grown up surrounded by digital devices and regularly uses these devices to interact with other people and the outside world3

Crefer digital literacy as they grew up in a digital environment3 Dave never known a world without computersE "hey get all their information and most of their sociali!ation from the Bnternet3 "oday6s students have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers1 videogames1 digital music players1 video cams1 cell phones1 and all the other toys and tools of the digital age "oday6s average college grads have spent less than F1((( hours of their lives reading1 but over G(1((( hours playing video games #not to mention :(1((( hours watching "A$

Hocial networking> @ost popular websites are 7acebook and twitter Ceople have hundreds of friends1 but may talk with few of them in real life Croblems with cyber-bullying1 lack of privacy Bnternet slang/culture> L<L1 <@G1 how ru*

@illenials> more materialistic#caring about money and buying things$ and self-centered#caring about themselves over others$* -the number of students who said being wealthy was very important to them increased from .F/ for +aby +oomers #surveyed between G)I; and G)'F$ to ;(/ for Gen , and ;F/ for @illennials3 -"he number who said it was important to keep up to date with political affairs fell1 from F(/ for +oomers to -)/ for Gen , and -F/ for @illennials3 -JDeveloping a meaningful philosophy of lifeJ decreased the most1 across generations1 from ;-/ for +oomers to .F/ for @illennials3 -J+ecoming involved in programs to clean up the environmentJ dropped from --/ for +oomers to :G/ for @illennials3

-&hat would you name your generation* -&hat events #in %hina or the world$ are important for your generation* Dow does your generations6 view differ from older generations on> -7amily* -Dating* -"radition* -@oney* -&ork* -Hchool* -"echnology* &hat are the biggest strengths and weakness for your generation* Dow what is similar/different between the youth generation in %hina and America*