tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post1637219061128162256..comments2024-03-27T03:11:58.288-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: Are today's college graduates ready for the working world?Paul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-41086481308221719992010-08-24T23:41:47.841-04:002010-08-24T23:41:47.841-04:00I'll take that decade off Cindy, thanks! Actua...I'll take that decade off Cindy, thanks! Actually I won't. I actually like getting older as strange as that sounds. While I'm not so keen on the sudden nearsightedness and my inability to do the feats of strength and endurance I used to be able to, wisdom is the coolest consolation prize I can think of.<br /><br />Thanks all of you for chiming in about this stuff. I think it's interesting, all of it. The lessons to learn from history are usually not the lessons people are led to believe. People really don't change that much from generation to generation despite what the trend watchers say. Everyone starts out as a slacker and rises to what ever occasion presents itself. I don't doubt for a second that Gen Ys and the Milennials and who ever comes next will be fine.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-71019935314339263312010-08-24T19:16:46.288-04:002010-08-24T19:16:46.288-04:00Whoops, should have said Gen X.. well, guess I jus...Whoops, should have said Gen X.. well, guess I just made you a decade or so younger. voila!cindyfwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116811708217985106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-63547700586742010372010-08-24T19:15:21.085-04:002010-08-24T19:15:21.085-04:00Beautiful generational and historic comparisons, I...Beautiful generational and historic comparisons, I love your wide ranging perspective, Paul. Yeah, funny how Boomers and Gen Y's are finding common ground. Apparently the Generation Gap has a short life. As soon as the next gen takes over, we the others join forces to defend their weak ground of "former leaders." and target the new bosses. So true. Of course, that puts you, Sir Gen Y, in the crosshairs. heh. Cindy @urbanversecindyfwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116811708217985106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-82221857382910261192010-08-24T18:08:47.099-04:002010-08-24T18:08:47.099-04:00I'm in a weird place because I'm right on ...I'm in a weird place because I'm right on the cusp of baby boomers and generation X. But I still think this generation is different...I don't think many of them have the problem-solving skills to 'figure it out' because their parents have done too much for them. And yes, it probably is all the baby boomer's fault since that sensitivity is probably a reaction to the old "do it yourself kid" style of parenting.Bonnie Harrishttp://blog.waxmarketing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-41974125829266030182010-08-24T14:49:42.390-04:002010-08-24T14:49:42.390-04:00Inertia is an epidemic that seems to afflict the y...Inertia is an epidemic that seems to afflict the young. But so does nimble and creative thinking, and a tendency to completely ignore often-perceived obstacles! "Well, why not?" is a question most often asked by young people. We adults are usually the ones listing all the reasons why particular ideas are not possible. Thank goodness these patterns exist so we can learn from each other. <br />Sincerely, PollyannaSara Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426409909721507440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-36137488188967615762010-08-24T13:32:06.730-04:002010-08-24T13:32:06.730-04:00I don’t know. Personally, I am not too impressed ...I don’t know. Personally, I am not too impressed with the younger generation, and as a younger person, I vowed I would never say that. Nevertheless, I am not particularly impressed with most of the young people I see these days. Almost all of them get college degrees these days (I never did get one), but I am not impressed with either their knowledge or their skills. I think they have been woefully undereducated in basic skills. The other thing I feel is very lacking is morality, and by that I don’t mean religion. I’m an atheist, but I firmly believe there is a decided right and wrong to things, and I don’t think it’s being taught in schools very much anymore. Along with getting rid of mandatory prayers, they threw out the discussions I had in school in the 1950s (I was born in 1945), in which we would delve into a teacher-led discussion about the rights and wrongs of a situation. Now young people are taught that “no one can really judge,” and so forth, and it comes to mean no rules at all. So MBAs with that set of values go to Wall Street and make the mess that will be with us for a very long time to come.Josephhttp://www.cft411.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-41685218983332706182010-08-24T12:48:42.512-04:002010-08-24T12:48:42.512-04:00I love history so thanks for the historical contex...I love history so thanks for the historical context. I do think each generation is different, yet each has its strengths and flaws (and stereotypes). At 22 I was married, had an undergrad degree and had lived abroad. Still, I knew very little about the working world. Thanks (as a mom) for being so supportive of the next group of "slackers."AlexandraFunFithttp://funandfit.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-15992322728559686992010-08-24T10:56:00.713-04:002010-08-24T10:56:00.713-04:00A thought provoking and pithy analysis. I think th...A thought provoking and pithy analysis. I think there are no general, hard and fast rules about what makes a generation ready, but you can identify individuals who are ready. <br />Ashleigh, a gen-X'er :)Ashleigh Weatherillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415546217650244317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-6202280928406400992010-08-24T10:30:55.563-04:002010-08-24T10:30:55.563-04:00So well researched! I think what is true of my ge...So well researched! I think what is true of my generation (x) is also true of the kids now - no one teaches us how to WORK. I came into the workforce feeling entitled, and I still see the same thing. When "kids" really do work hard, I am totally impressed!!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096658684995833189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-22996963332591547912010-08-24T10:27:18.204-04:002010-08-24T10:27:18.204-04:00I attended a seminar on socio-economics and genera...I attended a seminar on socio-economics and generation gaps a few years ago. It was conducted by Steelcase as they explained their consideration for future generations in their R&D labs and think tanks. Interestingly they explained to us not just how they expect the millenials to turn out but also why they got to be that way. One key element was a sort of vocational attention deficit, leading them to change jobs quickly even if they weren't at all bad at it. In response Steelcase knew it had to find solutions that would cater to a very mobile crowd. A crowd willing to work around the clock as long as the work could be done at the time they chose. And a crowd, as it stands, willing to never talk retirement but rather blending working life with some well deserved R&R mixed into it. Forever. <br />And now guess what? Who, according to the steelcase team, was to blame for the lack of loyalty in our offspring? Us. the parents.<br />Why? Because as part of our mission over the past 20 years we've decided we needed "well rounded" children. We take those guys to Karate, Violin, Baseball and Soccer, preferably all in the same week. What are we saying by doing that? It's ok to try several things. Sure. But we're also saying don't worry if you don't like something, you can always sign up for LaCross next semester. <br />So if our Youth won't amount to much ;) we may have to take a good long look in the mirror. Don't you just hate that?veronika millerhttp://www.modenus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-91339924448202762372010-08-24T10:26:55.205-04:002010-08-24T10:26:55.205-04:00As someone on the tail-end of Gen. Y, I think you&...As someone on the tail-end of Gen. Y, I think you're right. I've already found myself shaking my head at the "riff-raff and frivolity" that goes on at the college campus in my town. <br /><br />Guess that just means that I'm old like you guys, right? ;-)Nick Loveladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559118263073230914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-10039612579952252312010-08-24T09:45:39.634-04:002010-08-24T09:45:39.634-04:00Hey, hey.. you young whippersnapper, watch how you...Hey, hey.. you young whippersnapper, watch how you treat us Boomers. And step off my lawn.. get a haircut and a job! :-)<br /><br />I read a tweet yesterday (which I can't find naturally!) about being wary of politicians who seek to prop up a hero of a bygone era for the purpose of enabling him to wear a cape. Every time I hear Glenn Beck's version of history or someone glossing over the story of how we all got here, I think that history is made one day at a time, one person at a time whose goals and needs conflict with another's whose view of how things should be is shaped by his experience of how things were. <br /><br />As I age, I conclude with each passing day that there are no "broken" people, just people who are. But if we were to admit to the broken person theory, the ones that seem to be most broken are those who are trying to live a life to the expectations of the previous generation and failing miserably.DogWalkBloghttp://www.dogwalkblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-72849717317490996662010-08-24T09:01:35.605-04:002010-08-24T09:01:35.605-04:00Paul, you always impress me. Where do you find al...Paul, you always impress me. Where do you find all those wonderful quotes? Well said! So much for hoping not to turn into our parents.Tammy Daltonhttp://www.tamaradalton.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-59060894158854629942010-08-24T08:32:49.614-04:002010-08-24T08:32:49.614-04:00Thanks Melody. Nostalgia can be a pretty destructi...Thanks Melody. Nostalgia can be a pretty destructive thing some times.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-26111511895496872562010-08-24T07:38:45.951-04:002010-08-24T07:38:45.951-04:00You have such a talent for putting things in persp...You have such a talent for putting things in perspective. I find myself periodically lamenting today's kids, but then stop myself and remember that every generation on the face of this planet has said the same thing and I am just suffering get-offa-my-lawn syndrome. <br />You're not going to buy one of those stupid cheese hats are you?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124636214096825169noreply@blogger.com