GENERATIONS

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GENERATIONS

• Neil Howe and William Strauss

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G. I. 1901 1924 John F. Kennedy Clare Booth
Luce
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SILENT 1923 1942 Colin Powell Gloria Steinem
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BABY BOOMERS 1943 1960 David Spielberg Oprah
Winfrey
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GEN X 1961 1981 Michael Jordan Jodie Foster
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MILLENNIALS 1982 2002 Frankie Muniz Mandy Moore
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"Over the next decade, the Millennial Generation
will entirely recast the image of youth from
downbeat and alienated to upbeat and
engaged--with potentially seismic consequences
for America."  
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"Millennial attitudes and behaviors represent a
sharp break from Generation X, and are running
exactly counter to trends launched by the
Boomers."
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Who They Are The Baby Boomlet (demography)
Kinderpolitics (political economy) Ground Zero
of the Culture Wars (family) Raising Standards
for Regular Kids (school) Jiggy with It (pace of
life) Zero Tolerance (conduct) Junior Citizens
(community) The Happiness Business (culture)
Rocket Cash (commerce) Planet Pokémon (world)
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• Young workers will demand that employers adjust
  to the needs of workers who wish to build careers
  and families at the same time and to lead
  lower-stress lives than their parents did....
• Older employees will admire their skills,
  confidence, and team spirit, but will question
  their creativity and toughness....
• Millennial women will dominate entry-level
  medical, legal, and media positions, while
  Millennial men will dominate businesses and
  technology....
• Millennials will be less inclined than Gen Xers
  were at like age to take big career risks or turn
  their persona lives inside out to make more
  money.
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"Todays kids are on track to become a powerhouse
generation, full of technology planners,
community shapers, institution builders, and
world leaders, perhaps destined to dominate the
twenty-first century like todays fading and
ennobled G.I. Generation dominated the twentieth.
Millennials have a solid chance to become
Americas next great generation."  
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Why is the concept of generations important to
work-based learning coordinators? .Students .Edu
cators Employers/supervisors Parents
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The new gender gap! Are boys becoming the second
sex?
Men could become losers in a global economy that
values mental power over might.
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Educators lost sight of the learning styles of
boys, who were often sidelined as slow or
troubled.
The job market has turned from blue collar to
white or pink collar.
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Women are rapidly closing the M.D. and PhD gap
and make up almost half of the law students.
Men are dropping out of the workplace and
womens ranks are growing.
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