The Current Generation's Perception Of Happiness!

June 08-2008:

What Is The Current Generation's Perception Of Happiness?

Traditional Beliefs:

* The traditional perception of happiness hinges upon the belief that if you are college educated, this enables you to attain a better paying job, upward mobility, provide for a family, buy a home, or save for your retirement years.

* Those who do not have a college degree or education, has a lesser chance for upward mobility, or employability.

* High School dropouts are more likely to be manual laborers, Take Out or Fast Food employees, policemen/women, firemen/women, or enlist in the military.

* Or is destined to be incarcerated more easily, become drug and substance abusers, or convicts.

Current Reality:

* Education is still perceived as vital for employability, upward mobility, and marketability.

* Computer knowledge, technological interests or know how, mass communication, networking, and versatility.

* Political interests and involvement, advocacy in many forms, volunteering for humanitarian projects, global environmental preservation and concerns.

* The need to work at home, or being self-employed, managing one's own business, or creating new ways of doing things on the job.

* And the liberty to choose one's mate, accepting differences of sexual choices, families, marriages or civil unions.

CONCLUSION:

All of these elements contribute to the need to feel successful in life, Which will ultimately bring happiness of some sort. Because of the efforts that was made to attain those needs.

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.