Marsh, Daly: Beloit List

                  Since time began people have been coming up with new technology and inventions. These new Ideas are what make each generation different from the last. New ideas, a different slang, and a new ways of thinking will always divide generations.

                 

My generation, Generation Y, is more tech-savvy than our parents, Generation X. Electronics is one of the main differences between the two generations. Our parents grew up without electronics. To them, one of the greatest inventions was a Pac Man game that you could play for a quarter at the grocery store in town. Now our generation plays it on our phones.

                   

Generation X raised us. Even though our world is changing, our morals still stand by what they taught us. Morals are what keeps our generations tied together. Both generations rely on our conscience when making decisions, and our parents gave that to us.

                 

Another big difference in generations is multiculturalism. Back when our grandparents were young the idea of going to school with someone who wasn’t from the same race was thought ridiculous. Racism was popular and practiced. Segregation from different cultures was common during  that time.  Now, cultures around the world are mixed together. Thrown into one giant mixing pot, we go to school with people from across the world and don’t have a clue to what their background is like. We are becoming more acceptant of people every day, and this is one difference between us and our previous generations. Now that we have come together, technology is moving faster than ever. People are working together, instead of competing for a spot in society new ideas are opening up. After reading the Beloit list, I realized many of the ways Generatlon Y is different from the previous generations. We have different lingo that some of our parents will never understand. We speak of things that we have no clue about because they didn’t happen during our lifetimes. We talk about texting our friends and our parents barely know how to dial a number. They talk about LBJ, and we start talking about basketball statistics. The differences in our generations are never ending.

                   

Generation Y has a different work perspective than Generation X. My generation goes to work expecting someone to tell us what to do during every part of the day because that is how we were raised. We grew up asking our parent’s questions on how to do things. Also we have a different attire than our parents. We show up to work in flip flops and casual clothes in places most people would wear a suit. We strive to make ourselves noticed. We go above and beyond to make our bosses notice us. We strive to be noticed over the other employee working right next to us.

Another point is that even though we have our differences, one generation from now it will not matter. The next generation will be coming up with new technology that bypasses our own. Our descendants will race past our technology and then we will be the ones left in the dust. So in the end our differences will not matter. Our generations are growing apart in many ways, but we still remain closely attached with our morals.