In some cases, I think the judgement of teenagers in this generation can be true. A lot of teenagers can be very lazy, greedy, and not have the will to work. There are also many teenagers who believe that hard work is a key detail to going far in life. Every new generation will have a stereotype for their teenagers as a whole and as of right now, it is that they are lazy and greedy. Of course there are teenagers out there who do not want to work and still wish to be successful in life. Some teenagers have the mentality of "fake it till you make it". In this case, they are faking their work ethic in hopes of success. It was said in the article, "Past studies by Twenge and her colleagues have shown a generational divide in the value of work: younger generations value leisure time more than their elders." These …show more content…
With teenagers being on their phones all the time, they tend to get easily distracted. They can be sitting on their phones for hours and not even realize what time it is until it is 11:30pm and they have not opened their backpacks yet. Then, they start to panic because now they will be up for another two or three hours scrambling to get their work done. Because of this procrastination, this will lead them to asking friends for homework answers, sleep deprivation, and a habit of just trying to get by in life. Aside from teenagers trying to take the easy way out, there are many teens who want to work hard and know that this is the way to being successful. Teenagers views of working hard or just getting by can also be a reflection of what they were taught. Obviously, that is not always the case. My parents always taught me that a good work ethic and working hard for what you want will eventually lead to success. You have to work hard in school to get into a good college. That then will eventually lead you to having a job and making a living for
“A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much” written by Catherine Rampell is an informative article about today’s millennial generation after high school. It provides the reader with a deeper look into young people’s work ethic, or what some to think to be, lack-there-of. The author does a fantastic job using research, credible resources, and statistics to support her belief that Generation Y (children born in the 1980s and 1990s) is no less productive than previous generations. I will admit that before reading this piece, I was one of those who believed that Millennials were in fact the “coddled, disrespectful and narcissistic generation” (Rampell, 2011, para 3). After reading this article, my opinion has changed. It has touched on issues
Jobs won’t only support teens for the things they want, but it can help benefit for the things they need. The first things teens think of for their future are going to college and getting their first car. But, let’s say there’s a well educated thirteen-year-old, raised in a low-income family, who has plans on going to college. There’s no way their family can support him to go to college, and its funds could be over-whelming. The only way they could go to college is if they started saving at an early age. Therefore, if they got a job at the age they were at now, they’d be on their way to college by the time they graduate high school. Or, another example would be, if a teen wanted to get their first car on their sixteenth birthday. As you may know, many teens don’t get things handed to them on a silver platter, so they’d have to buy that car themselves. They might be old enough to drive, but they just turned the legal working age. Once they get a job, they’d have to wait at least a year to have enough money for the car as well as its insurance.
First of all, whenever someone opens a book or magazine or turns on the television, they see a bunch of teens having fun. Immediately, because of how society sees teens, people think that the teens must be doing something wrong. People think that teens are out to cause trouble, when in reality, most of them mean no harm.. Many people may think that teens are dangerous and shun them for their own safety. It is almost a prejudice against the teenage race.
Response: I agree with Steinberg that working affects adolescents that are going to school. I believe that teenagers should concentrate on their studies and not become overwhelmed with the added stress of work. There is plenty of time for them to learn the “real world” of working, so why not let them be kids and have them worry about their homework and after school chores, rather than trying to make the almighty dollar.
With improvements in technology, it is no surprise that people everywhere are connected with each other all over the world. The newest technologies of today are only continuing to improve, as they are becoming more widespread every day. Smartphones, which are a broad part of this technological craze, are sweeping the nation into the hands of teenagers today, many preferring to use them instead of socializing with people face to face. These improvements, however, come with consequences. Smartphones are destroying a generation by causing the teenagers today to be more stressed, anxious, and depressed.
Many fall into peer pressure that's because of the friends they come across with. Friends can influence them so much once becoming an adult it isn’t the same because your brain has grown out of it. Many also lack confidence while many look like adults their brain resembles a child’s. While their bodies are aging their brain is rearranging itself in a way that temporarily makes it act the same way it did when they were younger. Most teens are overly emotional studies have found that teens have a much harder time speaking and to other people and so they sometimes react irrationally to emotional situations. Many parents wonder what happens to the smart child they use to have many still put in the exact same effort but get different results that's because the brain losses tissue over the years. Losing brain tissue can cause a teen to act immature and not quite like an adult
Some people say that most teenagers are careless and do not think about the consequences of their actions. Teenagers are careless and do not think of what the outcome can turn out to be. Teens just don't have enough experience, just yet in their life. Teenagers are hanging out with the wrong crowd that can cause actions to be made. Also, most teens just want to party in their teenage life, since they have a free feeling.
Twenge provides background and numbers on how teen actions are constantly changing, as the years advance. Twenge provides specific data from Monitoring the Future, a program funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The use of graphs in the article support Twenge’s logical approach by providing a visual representation of the number being presented. Twenge goes on to link the use of cellphones with sleep deprivation. She uses the example of sleep deprivation to describe the snowball effect of health issues. Sleep deprivation leads to depression which leads to bigger problems, the longer it goes
There are a lot of pressure on this generation of teenagers to go to college because we are used to hearing the saying "you need to graduate high school, so you can go to college to get you a good job." Personally, I agree with this saying because there are plenty of successful people in this world with a college education, but it takes a lot of hard work just to prepare for college. For example, having to take the SAT or ACT to maintain a certain score for a school to even considered your acceptance. Being financially stable, if not prepare to find scholarships and prepare essays just to obtain the scholarships. Growing up in a household where your parents want you to do better than they did, because they didn’t get a college education. Also,
“Less than 1.4 million teens were employed full time in February, down from more than 4.1 million in June 1978, according to the Labor Department." (US News, Why Teens Are Getting Shut Out of the Workforce) Teens also are having to compete for college scholarships as the amount of people going to college is constantly increasing. In 1980, 12.1 million people were enrolling in college, in 2015, it is estimated that this number for enrollment is 20.24 million. (Statista, US College Enrollment and Projections in Public and Private Institutions) This generation is also being raised straight out of a recession, more families have struggled which could lead to fewer savings and even potentially tapping into their savings to stay afloat. Taking away from any money that could be used to assist their children in things like college, vehicles,
Furthermore, you must take into consideration that teenagers don’t like being told they have to do something, and when they are they tend to do it less than halfheartedly. For example, there are teenagers who enjoy gardening, teenagers who enjoy running, and teenagers who enjoy playing piano. When you force all teenagers to do this job you will find many who do not enjoy these activities and do them with little effort if they do it at all. For instance, consider this: When teacher gives work and tells you to do it; there are many who simply don’t. However, when teacher offers make-up works there are many who chose to do it.
Walking on the beach at night is pretty popular as well as seeing a midnight showing of a new movie, which has not seemed to cause much harm to anybody in the past. The majority of teens are at school all day long taking tests, writing down notes during a lecture, and struggling to get their grades up. After they are dismissed from school a lot of students have to go to practice or perhaps a club meeting. Also many students have part-time jobs that they have to go to, not to mention they still have to get all of their school work done as well.
All in all, it is strongly suggested that teenagers to work while in high school. They obtain a lot of benefits from working, such as becoming more responsibe, practicing time effectively, and providing some experiences that will prepare for their future. Having a job while attending school is quite hard. However, a self motivated and well organized person may find it easy to balance work and school.
Imagine yourself as a teenager, how it would feel to have your first job? For a teenager like me having a job means that you have marked your transition from childhood to adulthood. It also means that you are independent and do not have to rely entirely on your family for money. During the summer I made several hundred dollars a week by working. Getting my paycheck every two weeks felt so rewarding because I was making money on my own.
That being said, teenagers aren’t portrayed as anything in between, and most teenagers don’t fit that stereotype. I’ve had teachers degrade our class for being lazy, while they stood there and told us that we aren’t putting in enough effort and that we don’t deserve the grades we were receiving because they thought we didn’t care. Those kinds of teachers (at least in my own opinion) shouldn’t be teaching at the level they are. A teacher should be able to realize that if they are taking a high leveled class, then there is a lot of work and stress that comes with it. Turning something in that was poorly done one time, or not having the time to do the work well doesn’t mean they’re lazy. I hope I can be the type of teacher who doesn’t generalize their students, and understands that they’re all