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Student Leaders of Tomorrow

• Expectations of Millennials
• Dave Reed
• Department of Horticultural Sciences
• Texas AM University

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Student Leaders of Tomorrow

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Student Leaders of Tomorrow

• What are yourExpectations of College?What
  should College give youthat will allow you to
  become the
• Best You Can Be?

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Student Leaders of Tomorrow

• List 4 of your Expectations of College
• To determine your expectations, think about the
  following
• What do I hope to get out of college?
• What skill, characteristic or attribute do I
  think I need to start a career?
• What will make me employable?

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Student Leaders of Tomorrow

• List 4 of your Expectations of College
• To develop your list, think about the following
• What do I hope to get out of college?
• What skill, characteristic or attribute do I need
  to start a career?
• What will make me employable?
• 1) __________________________________________
• 2)___________________________________________
• 3)___________________________________________
• 4) ___________________________________________

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Expectations

• Setting Expectations for Freshman
• 2004 Freshman Convocation
• Become the Best You Can Be

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Expectations

• Courses and Grades
• Experience
• People Skills and Networking
• Teamsmanship and Leadership Potential

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Expectations

• Courses and Grades
• You are going to have to maintain a minimum of a
  2.0 GPR or we will ask you to leave - bummer!
• However, you need to strive to maintain your
  grades as high as possible, because the higher
  your grades the more career opportunities will be
  available to you upon graduation.

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Expectations

• Experience
• Whenever I bring students to visit industry
  leaders, I always ask
• What is the first thing you look for when hiring
  employees?
• What do you think they always say?
• Experience

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Expectations

• People Skills and Networking
• Can you apply your academic knowledge and work
  experience in an interactive world of incredibly
  diverse people?
• If you are that quiet, somewhat introverted,
  wall flower, you need to blossom.
• If you are that braggadocio know-it-all, you
  need to tone it down and learn to listen more.

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Expectations

• Teamsmanship and Leadership Potential
• Can you put your academic skills, work
  experience and people skills together to
  accomplish tasks?
• Finally, you need to become a team player and a
  potential leader.

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Expectations

• Final Challenge
• to begin using this Learning Community and the
  opportunities available to you to build
  yourself into the
• Total Package
• and become
• The Best You Can Be

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Expectations

• How many of the expectations you listed fall
  under one of these categories?
• Courses and Grades
• Experience
• People Skills and Networking
• Teamsmanship and Leadership Potential

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Expectations

• I have come to realize that these are My
  Expectations,
• which reflect the Expectations of the
• Fading Baby Boomers
• Current Generation X.
• Therefore, I am imposing the Expectations of My
  Generation on that of
• Your Generation

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Expectations

• We must ask the question
• What are the Expectations of
• Your Generation?
• And, where they clash,
• we must resolve the conflict!

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Generations

• What is Your Generation?
• You are the kids, primarily of Generation X, born
  since 1980, and who currently are infusing
  colleges.
• Millennials
• Generation Y
• Echo Boomers
• Generation Dot Com

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Generations Change

• Baby Boomers (40s-50s)
• Generation X (60-70s)
• Millennials
• Millennials
• Millennials
• Millennials (80s)

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Millennials

• Lets Characterize the Millennials
• primarily from
• Neil Howe William Strauss, Millennials Rising
  The Next Generation

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Millennials

• A Little Bit About the Environment and Times
• in Which Millennials Grew Up
• most watched over generation in history
• most protected generation in history
• came along at a time when adults started
  re-valuing kids
• came along at a time when parents made time to
  spend with their kids
• have been exposed to advanced technology in
  every aspect of their life
• have been exposed to an internet world with no
  boundaries

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Millennials Experiences and Characteristics?
Lets outline what you have experienced in life
and the characteristics these experiences have
imparted in you.
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Millennials Which Describe Your Experiences and
Characteristics?

• Heavily programmed activities by parents,
  guardians, teachers, coaches, organizations,
  etc.
• Like working on projects and activities in
  teams.
• Like team based rewards/grades/recognition.
• Dont like to keep score . (no winners or
  MVP, rather the reward is in the
  participation and experience gained)

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Millennials Which Describe Your Experiences and
Characteristics?

• Like immediate recognition (star on helmet or
  at-a-boy for good play versus end of season,
  activity or class reward)
• Consider your parent or guardian your friend.
• Believe your parent or guardian values you and
  enjoys spending time with you.
• Like to please your parent, guardian, coach,
  teacher, etc.

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Millennials Which Describe Your Experiences and
Characteristics?

• Your parents like to play with you.
• Easily bored if nothing to do
• Not worried about what your life will be like 20
  years from now.
• Respectful of authority figures (parents,
  guardians, teachers, policemen, fire fighters,
  the President, etc.)

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Millennials Expectations
Lets determine how these experiences have molded
your expectations.
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Millennials Which Describe Your Expectations?

• I expect instant gratification and satisfaction.
  (When I do it and want to feel good about it
  right now)
• I expect immediate feedback. (I want to know
  my score, grade, reward, right now.)
• I expect to be rewarded for participation, not
  individual accomplishment. (I want rewards
  based on the teams accomplishment)
• I expect a reward for everything I do. (I
  expect a star or trophy for my contributions)

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Millennials
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Millennials Which Describe Your Expectations?

• I expect to rise to the top quickly. (I expect
  to make a good salary and be the boss while
  I am still young and can enjoy it.)
• I expect to work with teams, friends and
  positive people, and have fun. (I want to
  like and be liked by my co-workers.)
• I expect to be respected by my teachers, boss and
  peers.
• I do not expect my job to control my life and
  other activities.

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Millennials Which Describe Your Expectations?

• I expect to be challenged and learn new skills.
• I expect technology to increase and am very
  comfortable with it.
• I have optimistic expectations about the future.
• I expect to volunteer and be civic minded.

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Clash of Expectations

• Due to different expectations,
• there is a Clash of Expectations
• between the
• Baby Boomers Generation X
• and the
• Millennials

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Clash of Expectations

• Examples of the Generation Clash
• Millennials Expect
• expect a grade based on how hard they worked,
  hence
• expect grade inflation
• expect teamwork organized activities, and
  do not consider helping each other as wrong,
  hence
• do not understand the Current Generations
  definition of scholastic dishonesty

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Millennials

• Lets not end on negatives about your
  generation, the Millennials

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Millennials - Positives

• Positives about these Millennials
• violent crime is down
• tobacco and alcohol use are down
• teen pregnancy is down
• aptitude test scores are up
• optimism about the future is up
• trust of mom dad, authority and government are
  up
• you are the best well educated, technologically
  advanced and technologically comfortable
  generation this world has ever seen!
• Some feel you may become the
• Next Great Generation

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My New Expectations

• It is our job to help you achieve this potential!
• We must learn how to teach you without
  sacrificing
• our academic standards!

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Your New Expectations

• You must realizeMy Generation will assign
  your grades.My Generation will hire you.My
  Generation will promote you.
• You must learn how to live and function inMy
  Generations System
• untilYou Become the Established Generation
  and start setting the Rules