"Don't listen to the cynics. They were wrong about my generation and they were wrong about yours."
- Joe Biden, US Vice President.
Thank you Mr. Biden. This topic comes up in the office ALL the time about how our generation is different from the past. From saying things like we don't have the same work ethic, to being an entitled generation, and liberal. We won't have the same work ethic as our grandparents, many of whom came off boats from other countries and had to make lives for themselves. Just like the generation in between doesn't have that same work ethic either. The norm for our generation is go to school, then college, then get a job, many of which are technology driven.
When you look at a generation younger than you, you're always going to criticize. The critics look forward at what is and not back at what they were, the generation before us was part of a hippie pothead, disco era generation and don't compare themselves then to us now. Just like in 25 years I'm sure we won't criticize based on how we were, but rather how we are. It's even visible in my fraternity's chapter at school, seeing new classes brought in with different mindsets and different ways of doing things, but still have the same morals/values that we do. In the end, so long as everyone is driven by good morals and values, they may do things differently than other generations, but everything turns out okay.
