"Generation Me" Questions

“Generation Me” Questions:

1)      In the op-ed “Generation Me,” what is the attitude of the author toward your age group? What evidence can you find in the text to illustrate it?

I would say that she is very bitter about our generation. She thinks we are all very selfish and inconsiderate. Evidence to support this is “Perhaps, one day, we will say that the recession saved us from a parenting ethos that churns out ego-addled spoiled brats.” Some more evidence would be all that “Narcissism is a problem that can range from the discourteous—residential advisers at Southern lament students disregarding curfews, playing dance music until 3 a.m., demanding new room assignments at a moment's notice and failing to understand why professors won't let them make up an exam they were too hung over to take—to the disastrous—failed marriages, abusive working environments and billion-dollar Ponzi schemes. Seems that the flip side of all that confidence isn't prodigious success but antisocial behavior.”

2)      To what extent do you think her argument is true? As a group, make a list with two columns: on one side, list the ways you agree; on the other, the ways that you disagree.

Agree: Some people are like this, people our age are more materialistic, and the level of selfishness has increased since fifty years ago. These days you are given more assistance which can lead to laziness and dependability.

Disagree: Not everyone is like this, there are so people who are considerate and compassionate, many people do have to work for what they get and don’t expect things to be handed to them.