Baby boomer

There are three generations you will find in the Army; baby boomers, Generation Xers, and millennials. (unknown, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 5th Edition, 2016) During the recent United States Presidential election, the gaps between these generations became evident. (Niall McCarthy, 2016) Generations coped very differently with the way they perceived the candidates. The way the candidates communicated their political views through different media platforms was a…

Modern society has a yearning for innovation. The constant emergence of new technology and social movements move people to anticipate when the next progressive idea will arise and modify current practices. Society’s belief that new means better forces them to jump from one trend to the next without considering possible shortcomings. In the book, “To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism,” Evgeny Morozov uses the internet to explore how focusing too much on the…

The Vietnam War, which began in 1955 and ended twenty years later in 1975, had an unforeseen impact on American society, which caused a decline in support for the United States’ involvement in Southeast Asia. This paper will examine the causes that led to a shift in support for the Vietnam War from the American public. Factors such as the cost of the war, both in monetary terms and solider causality rates, the lack of progress being made in Vietnam, and the protests and resistance that came from…

Anyone born between 1981 and the early 2000’s will be between the ages of 22-37 in 2018 which is considered a millennial. Older generations like the Baby boomers who are loyal to their company and Generation X are more loyal to their careers, while millennials' loyalty lies with their community . The millennials are a generation that are familiar with communications, media and digital technology. The following document will discuss the features and characteristics of what a millennial is and…

1965-80), the late Baby Boomers (born: 1955-64), the early Baby Boomers (born: 1946-54), and the Silent generation (1928-45); college graduates have higher earnings compared to those individuals who do not attend college. For example, the early baby boomers earned 25% less than college graduates. Millennials with a high school diploma earned almost 40% less than a college graduate. This means that at the same age, Millennials earn slightly more than the early Baby Boomers. Because…

Baby Boomers value visibility at work. They want to be seen and they demand credit for their hard work. Baby Boomer generation represented the first period of US population growth in 200 years (Zemke, Raines, & Filipczak, 2000). This generation learned early that they need to stand out to be noticed and to succeed (Lancaster & Stillman, 2002). Baby Boomers also have an optimistic approach with respect to business and success. Baby Boomers would trust that they would be…

The first article that I chose to pick, was an article titled, “Age Difference,” by Nick Martindale. It was published on October 1, 2015. The beginning of the article talks about in a work situation the companies or work places that have multiple different generations working under one roof need various approaches to keep their workers happy, and that they will each have different expectations based on their generation grew up. The article included in these approaches: health considerations,…

important anti-poverty programs in the United States providing millions of Americans that can no longer work with a financial security safety net. However, the system faces some financial challenges as the largest generation in American history, “the baby boomers” begin to retire. When Social Security was enacted in 1935, life expectancy after 65-year-old was only 12.5 years. Today, average life expectancy is approximately 85- years old. As beneficiaries live longer and the number of…

encouraged by social isolation, depression, environment, and a lack of knowledge in how to cope. The baby boomers are the current generation of elders who grew up through the 1960’s and 1970’s, a period of realization regarding alcohol and drugs. Since that time, alcohol and drug use has been monitored due to the significant identification of increased rates of substance use disorders. Although the baby boomer generation of people 65 years and older is only 15% of our population, they account…

long been a cornerstone of the American life. However, in the more recent years, there have been problems arising with the funding of the social security, with the Social Security Trust Fund to be completely depleted by 2033, and the number of Baby Boomers far outweighing the number of Generation X’ers and Millennials alike. So what are some challenges facing America’s Social Security program today and what can our government do to reform social security? There are many different options, but I…