聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 I had to laugh the other day. It would have been a few weeks ago that, while coaching, the girls asked if they could listen to music while they practiced. I had no problem with it, but their phones were dead or nearly out of power, so I went and plugged mine in. I looked through my phone and apparently I have quite a bit of rap music on it, inappropriate for in the school, so I put on an album of the Foo Fighters鈥� greatest hits.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The girls said that wasn鈥檛 too bad. The next practice, again their phones weren鈥檛 charged, so I put on something else. Apparently the Red Hot Chili Peppers wasn鈥檛 a good choice as every single practice since they鈥檝e made sure at least one of them has a phone with enough juice to play their own music.
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聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Anyways the girls I coach, when I asked if they wanted my music again, said 鈥淣o thank you鈥� it鈥檚 like really slow.鈥� While I鈥檓 over here wondering, 鈥淭he Foo Fighters are slow?鈥� Which when compared to their music it is actually. And I listen to the 鈥渘oise鈥� until they play the good old music from my youth, like Eminem鈥檚 鈥淟ose Yourself,鈥� not sure where they found that but I approve.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I realized, as they played any new music though, that I鈥檝e definitely been living in the past. When it comes to satellite radio I definitely sit on two channels more than any other 鈥渢he 鈥�90s on 9鈥� and 鈥淧op2K鈥� on channel 10.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 When Adele鈥檚 hit song 鈥淗ello鈥� came out, it was a solid few months before I had even heard it鈥� in fact it was losing popularity by the time it came out and I had friends that looked at me incredulously when I asked what the song was. Apparently it had been quite popular for quite some time.
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聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The whole ordeal got me thinking about generations and how they view each other. Things change, they really do. But is one generation really that different from the next? Music although different, is still music. Passing notes in class is now sending texts in class. Kids still go and hang out together on the weekends. It鈥檚 all the same, but technology and the mediums have simply changed.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I always find discussions about generations interesting because I鈥檓, depending on the classification, am either a Generation Y or Millennial鈥� and both get a bad rap for being lazy and entitled. But, how did those who grew up in the Silent Generation 鈥� during the mid-1920s to early 1940s 鈥� view the Baby Boomer generation? I would suspect with the thought that they weren鈥檛 as hardworking as they were, after all they had to survive the Dirty Thirties and maybe they even went off to fight in World War II. So, would they have seen the generations after them as lazier? I would imagine so.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And how do I view kids today? Well, I don鈥檛 think I really view the kids as being lazy or entitled, so much as I feel like we鈥檝e given them too many accommodations and hand out participation ribbons, meaning we鈥檙e under developing their sense of drive in this world. It鈥檚 not their fault, but we don鈥檛 seem to be pushing them to their full potential, which can make kids come across as lazy or entitled. But there are lots out there that are hard workers, they just get lumped into a stereotype of their generation, much like mine or anyone else when thought about by the generations older than them.
