Want My Advice? Um, Not Really
By Jeffrey Zaslow
The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2010
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Find the part of speech and definition that best fits the sentence the word was used in. Write
any other forms of the word also. The first one has been done for you.
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Today's youth cite differences in 'technology' and 'work ethic' to explain
reservations about their elders' input.
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On many fronts, people from Generation Y-now ages 16 to 32- assume their peers
know best.
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Eighty-two percent of those ages 18 to 29 (and 79% of those 30 to 74) believe there
is "a generation gap" in America, according to a Pew Research Center poll last year.
The gap was defined as "a major difference in the point of view of younger and
older people today." That's up from 60% of Americans in a similar poll in 1979, and
it's even higher than the 74% registered in a 1969 poll, taken at the height of the
youth-rebellion movement. Back then, political and social issues created the gap
between baby boomers and their parents.
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register (part of speech_____)
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But that doesn't mean they're always seeking or embracing parental advice.
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Now, if they fear they have, say, a sexually transmitted disease, they can go online
to easily find useful information and nonjudgmental peer advice.
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Dustin Borg, 28, taught English in Japan for two years and saw a culture in which
older people are revered, and their advice remains unquestioned.
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Now an actuarial analyst in Atlanta, Mr. Borg says he often challenges advice he
receives from older people. For instance, they've counseled him to buy a house
because prices are low. "Older people think renting is throwing away money," he
says. "But I think owning a home is throwing away financial freedom. I couldn't pick
up and move to a new city. I couldn't go back to Japan to see my old friends. I'd be
tied to the house."
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I gave her a tip I once received from an old friend about writing: "Assume you've
been given one exclamation point in your life. Use it wisely."
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Because younger people communicate through short bursts of text, she said, "We
need to convey a tone that expresses enthusiasm.
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We'll tell adult children to focus on writing a great résumé.
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