Millenial Students

After watching the video, at first I was amused at the comments and overgeneralizations made, but then, after thinking back I was a little annoyed. The video classifies millennials as those born between 1980 through 1995. They classify this group, which I am including in, as people who have very little business etiquette, are selfish, and all throughout their lives have been rewarded for mediocre performance. This bothered me because although there are many uneducated and rude people from my generation, that does not mean that they all are like that. I feel that this has a lot to do with ones upbringing, morals, ethics, and personal goals. For example, in the environment I was raised in, I was taught to be very polite, well mannered and professional. I would never show up to a job interview in flip flops or exposing any tattoos. The video states that millenials are not concerned with gaining work experience, and are only worried about getting in to good schools and academics. I feel this to be another overgeneralization. I am a person who always strives to be the best at everything I do and I feel that being able to balance a job and perform at a college level in my academics is just a part of being a well balanced person. I have been working since I was 13 and saving money in order to buy the car that I have always wanted, a 350z,, which I bought a year ago and costs me $14,000. At the same time I maintained a 4.0 unweighted gpa average in high school and a 6.1 weighted gpa. I was a part of a community service project that started a movement to provide food and shelter to homeless people in miami-dade. I also applied and was accepted to Duke, UM, FSU, UF, and FIU. I currently attend FIU and am getting paid $4000 a semester to be here. At FIU, with the help of other millenials, I started a movement to raise awareness for the genocide in Darfur. My list of credentials keeps on going and going, but what I am getting at is that I am very well rounded and I am not only focused on myself, I care about others and issues that are affecting our community, and I have done things to help these problems. At the same time I have maintained a job at a sales company where I have to be in a shirt and tie, and I have maintained an A average in school. So when I watch videos that try to classify me as a selfish, mediocre working, uneducated, inexperienced individual it bothers me….

A Day Without A Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican is a perfect illustration of how the work and efforts of Latin American people are taken for granted in the United States. The film does not focus on where the Latinos went, but instead focuses on what happens to California without them. The movie shows how many of the jobs that no one wants to do, but are necessary in the community are performed by Latin Americans. For example: construction, washing cars, harvest work, etc. These jobs, although hard and usually unsatisfying, need to be done in order for the community to progress and move on. Throughout the movie many statements are made to hint that Latin Americans are the backbone of the community, and that without them California would not be what it is today. I feel that the movie utilizes appeals of logos in order to demonstrate to the audience the importance of Latin American immigrants in California. The movie states that 20% of K-12 grade teachers are Hispanic. It also states that the agriculture, which is worked on by Lain Americans, is California’s #1 industry. Throughout the movie many Latin American accomplishments in California are mentioned. This is done in an effort to show that Latin Americans are involved in ever aspect of California. The movie even goes on to state that Senator Shaw is a Latino, 8 of the los Angeles Dodgers are Latin American, and 60% of construction workers are Latin Americans. Although the film is a good representation of the influence that Latin American people have had on California, some things in the film bothered me. For example, the movie is titled A Day Without a Mexican, but the movie does not only focus on Mexicans but many other Hispanics, and therefore is classifying Latin Americans as Mexicans. Another statement made in the movie is that all Hispanics on the West Coast are Mexican, another generalization that categorizes Hispanics as one group.