I have always thought that Honduras, the country where my family and I were raised, has changed a lot. There is a vast amount of differences between my generation and my mother’s generation. Honduras has had significant changes during the past couple of years. My mother was raised in the mid-1970s; progress and globalization came to Honduras starting in the late 1990s. How people used learn, live and to communicate were completely different from nowadays. Compared to my mother’s generation, education, communication, and lifestyle has had a great impact in Honduras and its society.
First of all, education has changed a lot in Honduras. Education used to be stricter and more difficult for students than nowadays especially in public schools.
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My mother’s generation lived most in towns; cities were not big enough, and most of the people could not afford to live in the city, so people lived in small towns. My mother lived in a very small house made out of wood that did not have electricity or water but, that was not a problem at all. Life was simpler and much safer than in my generation. There were no gangs or robbers to be afraid of, towns were very quiet, and people were nice to each other. Also, they didn’t have to deal with pollution that nowadays is a huge factor to the environment. My generation, on the other hand, lives in big houses with great modern conveniences. They prefer to live an accelerated life in crowded cities with a lot of noises and pollution. People started to go from towns to cities in the 1990s mostly because of jobs; cities offer new opportunities to people that want to become better in life. Unfortunately, cities in the 1990s were so overpopulated that people couldn’t find a job. Unemployment and insecurity have increased very …show more content…
Honduras has a serious problem that has certainly changed quite a bit of the country. In conclusion, after things have changed so much in past couples of years, I considered that things are better now than they used to be. New generations are not just increasing their level of education and technology but new ways to making the world a better place to live as well. In my opinion, the bad things happening in today’s society will no longer be happening in 20 years at least in Honduras. Generations are intended to evolve, and those changes have allowed us to be the bridge for other generations’
...or present day cities Canada. Repeatedly there have been works of research that supports the idea that people are beginning to have the want and the need to live an area where there is walkability and convenience. From the perspective of a Millennial as society likes to call my generation, having the option to walk instead of drive is something to heavily consider when choosing a place to call home. The evidence as why people are moving is in a way demographically self-explanatory, a poor person would want to move from a city where crime is high, there is little to no property to invest in, and the schools seems are bad , to a place that boasts the opposite attributes.
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Since the beginning of time, our ancestors have made sacrifices for the next generation that brought us to where we are today. This idea is woven throughout the book Krik? Krak! Where the author, Edwidge Danticat, portrays fictional short stories people that live in the impoverished nation of Haiti, and how hard it is for families to stay together, provide for each other, and reach their goals of freedom. Danticat uses the motif of generations to illustrate the ideas of hope and survival to develop the theme of sacrifice for a better future of the youth.
All the drastic changes that the world has been through, and Carr and Kefalas show that in their writing. These changes at some time made the current town, were they live, a thriving and prosperous place. People would move from their towns to these prospering communities to seek out the benefits that were offered. Many of those small towns are slowly fading into the background because of the modern world changes that big and upcoming cities that offering. These changes are creating new jobs and environments for the youth that are looking for change in the small towns that once were big and thriving, are now filled with the older generation that don’t want to make the change. They are looking to keep things consistent with the life they have been living; some changes in their eyes are not good, they are just creating problems. In Carr and Kefalas’s article they write about living in a small town called Ellis in Iowa. Carr and Kefalas talked to an employee working at a new factory in Ellis, “A machine operator living in Ellis complains about the strugglers facing old-fashion workers who find themselves trapped in a newfangled economy” (33). People living in small towns are unlikely to adapt to new changes, but are having to because of companies starting new factories in their community. This new technology is bound to change the life of older generation parents, whether they choose to stay in their small town lifestyle or move to
It would not be in Tatiana’s best interest to return to Honduras. She would be in a country where there is no one willing to provide her with adequate support and care. Tatiana’s father is deceased and refused to acknowledge his paternity while he was living. See Affidavit A, B. Also, in Honduras, Tatiana’s extended family has proved inadequate and abusive in their care of Tatiana. See Affidavit A, B.
Mayans tried to come up with new plans to challenge racism and fight for their rights, something that occurred during the 1990 's. It was a great recognition they succeeded with their cul...
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Where is Honduras located? What are some main landforms? What food do Hondurans eat? What language do Hondurans speak? How did Honduras become Honduras? These are all questions you might have, and in this paper all will be answered. You will learn more about the geography, society, people, their lifestyles, and the history of Honduras.
Gentrification is designed to improve the quality of life for the residents, but the fact is that it pushes out old residents to welcome in young and wealthy citizens. To analyze the demographic even further, gentrified neighborhoods in New York City have seen an increase in white population despite a city wide decrease. As Kate Abbey-Lamertz of the Huffington Post states, “The report notes that change is driven by educated people moving in, rather than by existing residents becoming more educated.” These changes are being driven by a millennial demographic who can afford the changed aesthetic. The influx of millennials are pushing out families whose lifestyle can’t keep up with the changing demographic. Even though these changes have been occurring for almost thirty years, and the city hasn’t made the changes needed for people who need low income housing. New York City’s gentrification must be slowed in order for people in low income housing to catch
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Beginning in the 1960s, middle and upper class populations began moving out of the suburbs and back into urban areas. At first, this revitalization of urban areas was 'treated as a 'back to the city' movement of suburbanites, but recent research has shown it to be a much more complicated phenomenon' (Schwirian 96). This phenomenon was coined 'gentrification' by researcher Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe the residential movement of middle-class people into low-income areas of London (Zukin 131). More specifically, gentrification is the renovation of previously poor urban dwellings, typically into condominiums, aimed at upper and middle class professionals. Since the 1960s, gentrification has appeared in large cities such as Washington D.C., San Francisco, and New York. This trend among typically young, white, upper-middle class working professionals back into the city has caused much controversy (Schwirian 96). The arguments for and against gentrification will be examined in this paper.
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