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Looking for The Richness Within (TRW)
Each of the six TRW trails will persue answers to a question posed by a high school class. There are six questions in all.
Each of the six TRW trails will persue answers to a question posed by a high school class. There are six questions in all.
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This week in class we discussed how our generation will be remembered in history books 100 years from now. We discovered that the American media and social scientists are referring to us as "Generation Me" and "Generation I" - the most assertive, confident, self-absorbed and published generation in human history. Many of us use the Internet for self-broadcasting (Myspace, web blogs, You Tube, citizen journalism, independent music and film publishing, etc.) on a daily basis and it made us wonder: How do you feel about being labeled "Generation Me"? What role does the Internet play in your lives?
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It's important to define terms. I suspect that "Generation Me" is what others call "Generation Y"
Generational Demographics: "Many in Generation Y are the children of Baby Boomers, and the generation is also known as the "Echo (Boom) generation," because it is, in some areas, the largest demographic grouping since the baby boom that immediately followed World War II (the U.S. birth rate per 1,000 population, however, declined for seven consecutive years starting in 1991 — the second longest such streak on record, exceeded only by the eleven-year baby bust of 1958 through 1968). Most parents of the members of Generation Y are from the Baby Boomer or older Silent generations; some from Generation Jones; significantly fewer parents are from Generation X (mostly kids born in 1993 or later). Their grandparents are mostly from the G.I. Generation, with some older Silents. While the echo was much larger than the previous cohorts, the relative size of this generation is much smaller than that of the Baby Boom. The American population was much larger in the 1990s than in the 1950s or '60s. From 1946 to 1964, the U.S. total fertility rate averaged 3.3 — high enough to double the population every two generations. Since around 1980, it has averaged 1.9, which is below the so-called replacement rate, though in recent years it has moved slightly above 2.0. Families continued to get smaller than in previous decades, usually with only one or two children."
Generational Demographics: "Many in Generation Y are the children of Baby Boomers, and the generation is also known as the "Echo (Boom) generation," because it is, in some areas, the largest demographic grouping since the baby boom that immediately followed World War II (the U.S. birth rate per 1,000 population, however, declined for seven consecutive years starting in 1991 — the second longest such streak on record, exceeded only by the eleven-year baby bust of 1958 through 1968). Most parents of the members of Generation Y are from the Baby Boomer or older Silent generations; some from Generation Jones; significantly fewer parents are from Generation X (mostly kids born in 1993 or later). Their grandparents are mostly from the G.I. Generation, with some older Silents. While the echo was much larger than the previous cohorts, the relative size of this generation is much smaller than that of the Baby Boom. The American population was much larger in the 1990s than in the 1950s or '60s. From 1946 to 1964, the U.S. total fertility rate averaged 3.3 — high enough to double the population every two generations. Since around 1980, it has averaged 1.9, which is below the so-called replacement rate, though in recent years it has moved slightly above 2.0. Families continued to get smaller than in previous decades, usually with only one or two children."
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A collection of news articles on Generation Y.
