10:55 am
One of the coffee shops in which I hide out to get my creative work done is packed some mornings with students from a nearby high school. In fact, I’m writing this as they sit at the surrounding tables. In many ways, they are like the friends of my youth — full of bravado, gossiping about the teachers, and discussing the latest TV, music and movies. One of the big difference is that while they carouse with the peers next to them, they are also connecting with others from 500 feet to 500 miles miles away. Every single on of these individuals carries a cell phone. They might connect with Mom or Dad five or six times a day. They might text a cousin in Mexico. They might call a friend inside the school to check on whether some teacher is really giving a quiz today. Continue reading “Coping with the Ultra-Connectedness Today’s Emerging Generation”
10:05 am
On the front page of the Denver Post this morning is an article titled, “In falling economy, teen jobs get scarce.” In it, the writer reports on teens in the local area who are finding that they cannot waltz into any establisment and pick their schedule. The fact is, this has never been true. But we have led them to believe that employers are dying for applicants. At least that’s what many in the media would have them believe. The examples the writer used were all from teens who had Continue reading “Young Generation Alert: You Can’t Just Work Where You Want To”
9:02 am
I have received a number of comments over the past week about my posting regarding the value of reflection. One reader asked, “Can someone develop the perspective necessary to thrive in life without taking time to think and reflect.” This is an interesting thought to consider. So much of our lives seem to be driven these days by outside distractions and stimuli that we have to work at finding times and locations to simply Continue reading “Can the Young Generation Develop Perspective without Reflection?”
11:27 am
I have been struck during the past couple of weeks by the number of those under 25 who seem to be in a constant state of multi-channeling. You know, cell-phone, iPod, TV, and reading a textbook all at the same time. Maybe it’s that time of the year, what with the end of school coming. At the same time, I hear constantly from teachers, managers and even some parents about how the members of this generation struggle to make even simple decisions sometimes. One teacher mentioned a student who, when faced with which elective to choose, seemed to just stare Continue reading “Generation Y: Do They Know the Value of Reflection?”
