Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters

Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"

By Aaron Sarver

Teenagers, be warned: Military recruiters have armed themselves with "Wat up, dude?" and "nmu" in their effort to lure you to Iraq. (For those who lack daily interaction with teens, "nmu" means "Not much. You?") As headlines reveal that the military is lowering standards to [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    “connect with Millennials

    United States Posted by jazzfan on Nov 24, 2007 at 5:10 PM

    Kids of the “millennial” generation are not going to fit easily into neat little categorical boxes identified by the 20-year range of birthdates sociologists (or recruiting strategists) want to put them in. Their tastes, attitudes, prejudices, and expectations will be even more diverse than previous generations’, because they will have been exposed to more various values and fewer unquestionable “givens” than any previous youthful demographic.

    I work with the little darlings every day.

    If there’s anything most of them have in common, it’s that they don

    Philippines Posted by Kuya on Nov 26, 2007 at 1:55 AM

    I will quote some powerful thinkers:
    “Only the hand that erases can write new things
    ” (Eckhart)
    “A good world needs knowledge,kindliness and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. It needs hope for the future, not looking back all the time toward a past that is dead, which we trust will be far surpassed by the future that our intelligence can create” (Bertrand Russell)
    “Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reasonthan that of blindfolded fear (Thomas Jefferson).
    I feel the new generation is doing the right thing by refusing to believe in the power of armed forces.

    Costa Rica Posted by Maria on Nov 28, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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