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Claire Hills

A lazy generation?: Why does everyone have a problem with Generation Y? - 9 views

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    A more positive spin on Gen Y
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    I have one that I just read pretty similar to this one.
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    This opinion post looks like a lengthy 'tu quoque' to me. Rather than present data showing how Generation Y is not lazy and entitled, he shifts the blame to previous generations for bringing us up this way. Then he points to their problems (hippie-culture and drug use) in order to label their criticism of Gen Y "hypocritical". Finally he blames capitalism for teaching us to feel entitled and self-centered. Overall, he's not so much making a counter-argument to the claim that Gen Y'ers are lazy, as he is agreeing with it whilst pointing his finger at the older generations and saying they were just as bad.
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    Jonathan- sorry for replying a lot later. I actually used this article for Project 1 and noted that he used the tu quoque. I agree that he's while he's trying to make some legitimate argument, he never made any sort of statement that made me want to agree with him. Rather, he just keeps complaining about the older generations perception of Gen Y with nothing to back him up.
Jonathan Quinth

A Generation of Slackers? Not so much - 21 views

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    I liked how this author examined possible counterarguments, then added a rebuttle. She also used several quality sources to cite evidence supporting her claims.
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    At first I thought that maybe she was saying that Gen Y is a lazy group but half way through I realized that she was giving all the facts then showing how we have a generation gap, and that is why the older generations have a problem with us.
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    I like how the author saw both points of view from both the older and younger generation. As somene from the younger generation its often difficult to defend our generation from that Lazy stereotype but this author did a good job of explaining the differences.
Guadalupe Rodriguez

Gen Y: The Laziest Generation in American History - 15 views

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    I recently just read this article and I liked how the writer had supporting details to back up her argument.
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    The writer is generalizing. If she wants to argue that Generation Y is not lazy she must do more than present a few exceptionally successful individuals as examples (how many Gen-Y'ers are multi-billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg?). She provides no data on the general demographics of Gen-Y'ers to support her case.
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