ZERO DRAFT PART A
1.What is your main argument for part A?
Our main argument is: The great technological advances that occurred in the 21st century and that were a fundamental part of the personal development of iGen, such as the internet, easy access to smart devices and the growth of social networks had both positive and negative impacts on personality and ideals of generation Z. The positive characteristics of iGen could mean an unprecedented growth, development and global change, however measures to reduce the negative effects on igen must be taken to define a society that triumphs and develops fully.
2.Summarize each of the articles you will use to support argument in part A
1-Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life By Claire Cain Miller and Sanam Yar:
For many Americans, work has become an obsession, and long hours and endless striving something to aspire to. It has caused burnout, unhappiness and gender inequity, as people struggle to find time for children or passions or pets or any sort of life besides what they do for a paycheck.But increasingly, younger workers are pushing back. More of them expect and demand flexibility — paid leave for a new baby, say, and generous vacation time, along with daily things, like the ability to work remotely, come in late or leave early, or make time for exercise or meditation. Today’s young workers have been called lazy and entitled. Could they, instead, be among the first to understand the proper role of work in life — and end up remaking work for everyone else?
2-Meet iGen: The new generation of workers that is almost everything millennials aren’t:
iGen’ers are also more likely to say that they would work even if they had plenty of money and to expect work to be a central part of their lives. Perhaps because they experienced the Great Recession as children and have witnessed growing income inequality, iGen realizes they are going to have to work hard to make it.
iGen’ers grew up more slowly as teens, taking longer to work, drive, and date than previous generations. Although there are many positives to those trends, more young people now arrive in the workplace with less experience with independent decision-making. Give them careful instructions for tasks, and expect they will need more guidance. Managers who learned to be cheerleaders for millennials will find they are more like therapists, life coaches, or parents for iGen’ers.
Another big difference: iGen is not as brash and confident as their millennial predecessors. In the large national surveys, iGen feels less optimistic about their career prospects and are lower in self-confidence than millennials were at the same age. Thus, they might be less likely than millennials were to expect to be CEO of the company within 5 years and less likely to express feelings of entitlement.
3.Quotations
“iGen’ers are scared, maybe even terrified. Growing up slowly, raised to value safety, and frightened by the implications of income inequality, they have come to adolescence in a time when their primary social activity is staring at a small rectangular screen that can like them or reject them.”
“Teens may be physically safe with electronic communication, but that choice may come at the expense of their mental health.”
“All of us, including adults, have to find a place of moderation for how much that phone is in our hands, how much our eyes are on that screen, and how much time we spend communicating digitally instead of in person.”
“The decline in in-person social interaction is like a hit man hired by someone else: he commits the crime even though it wasn’t his idea. Screen time both hires the hit man and, for good measure, fires a few shots herself.”
4.Work Cited
Gregory, Laurel. “IGen Is Motivated, Realistic and Safe but Many Teens Unhappy: Researcher.” Global News, Global News, 11 Apr. 2018, globalnews.ca/news/4137825/igen-motivated-unhappy-research/.
Marcos, Angie. “Move Over, Millennials: How ‘IGen’ Is Different From Any Other Generation.” The California State University, 22 Aug. 2017, www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Move-Over-Millennials-How-iGen-Is-Different-Than-Any-Other-Generation-.aspx.
Miller, Claire Cain, and Sanam Yar. “Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Sept. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/style/generation-z-millennials-work-life-balance.html
Twenge, Jean M. “Meet IGen: The New Generation of Workers That Is Almost Everything Millennials Aren’t.” Quartz at Work, Quartz, 11 Jan. 2018, qz.com/work/1177712/igen-the-new-young-generation-of-workers-is-almost-everything-that-millennials-are-not/.
Williams, Alex. “Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Sept. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/fashion/move-over-millennials-here-comes-generation-z.html.
Williams, Alex. “Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Sept. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/fashion/move-over-millennials-here-comes-generation-z.html.
5.Provide Detailed Plan for you will complete this project. Plan should include:
-During the class and writing after class each member of the group will concentrate on one part of the things we are gonna cover in the paper
-Gustavo: Focus on the introduction to the paper and the positive description of iGen.
-Viviana: Continue the positive description of iGen but will transition to the negative aspects of that generation
-Jocelyn: Continue explaining negative aspects and will finish with the conclusion.
How will you communicate with each other?
We will communicate via texts and phone class to ask anything and compare ideas for work.
What problems or difficulties might arise with this project?
The different ideas between members of the group with failed attempts to reach the same point or interfere in the relationship between classmates.
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