Journal entry

Being a person in America that is part of generation Y I have learned some things about how past generations precieve our generation. Generation Y is depicted as lazy, spoiled, un-motivated, and materialistic. We a depicted as spoiled because we were born into a world when the economy was doing very well and our parents wanted us to have a very fulfilled life style just as they were brought up. Sometimes parents would over-buy their kids to many things, thus spoiling them. When kids are being brought up and ask  for something that they want or crave and always get their way, their going to loose there morals of self-worth. We need to teach our children that if you truly want something you need to work for it and that it's just not going to be given to you. Generation Y is also considered to be the laziest generation yet. We are considered to be lazy because we were born into a time were everything is becoming more easier, "user" friendly. Technology has always been advancing since our generation started, bringing more video games, cell phones, microwaves, and so on. All of these factors can contribute to one becoming lazy. Why would one want to actually cook food when they can get it done four times a fast when using a microwave. Also, video games are a big factor because they are very entertaining and fun, without having to endure physical endurance. We are also considered to be very un-motivated when coming to academics and our work-ethics. People say that our public school system is failing and that our teacher's are not pushing their students enough. Teachers are giving their students passing grades so they will not have to deal with them again. All of these points our factors on why and how our generation Y is getting labeled as, lazy, spoiled, un-motivated, and materialistic. Our country as a whole has reasoning for making this generation the way it is. All past three generations have some input of why generation Y is what it is today.