Me and My Generation
According According to Dictionary.com nostalgia can be defined as a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
I’ve spent many hours reminiscing about my childhood and smiling at the things that I once did and how innocent everything seemed. I waste time surfing the internet and browsing YouTube looking for traces of my lost youth. It seems as if tv shows these days have very little real world application as opposed to the shows I watched in my youth. The mix of media and real world experiences has shaped me and others of my generation into the current and future rulers of the world.
Past generations have been more concerned about working hard and sacrificing so that they could provide for their families. I appreciate all the hard work that everyone before me has done to help put me in the position that I am in today, but I will not let a corporation decide how I will handle myself in the workplace. Companies today are still concerned with the God of Maximal Profits. That is that regardless of what has happened in the past, if you as a worker is not generating more and more money for the company then they don’t care about you. As an individual I don’t need you to hold my hand but I want to feel respected and appreciated for my contributions.
Who do we blame for this? Should we blame anyone? Maybe we should say that our parents who told us that we could do anything; be the president, a pro athlete, a movie star or whatever we set our minds to. This attitude could have helped motivate those who felt that they had no options and at the same time could’ve made the rest of us feel entitled to things that we really do not deserve.
So maybe we should be considered the rotten egg generation just to reflect how spoiled we all really are. I don’t mean spoiled in the sense that we get all that we desire, but instead spoiled in the sense that we have air conditioning, video games, available access to the internet, unlimited food options, name brand clothes and at least 200 cable channels. Is it ok that kids are getting fatter and aren’t reading books but can work computers better than their parents?
Maybe Gen Why is appropriate. To get to the truth one has to question the perceived reality to separate what is real from what is unreal. What’s real is that Gen Y is here and it is our time to make our stamp on the world and shape the next generation as we see fit. How does that make you feel? I think you should be scared, if you think Gen Y is bad then wait until you see what Gen Next has to offer.
Saggy pants… truly our generation. I wonder when people will realize thats not attractive?
geez you sound like a old woman…everyone doesnt sag because they think it’s attractive, a lil sag is comfortable but that pockets to the knees thing isn’t cool
well i love your post. It is very different from all the other posts. Your introduction was very cool because first i was a little confused, you speaking of nostalgia. I was wondering how you was going to find a connection between nostalgia and Gen y and when you finally did , i was like OK! that makes sense! nice job!