Protests, Past, Present and Future
When recapping past protests and forecasting future protests we should include the influences generated by low educational levels among an electorate. If we do not learn about any topic, subject or issue, it is impossible to participate in its discussion and certainly to influence its outcome. As a result life in this area passes us by leaving us frustrated and angry.
Lack of education influences the electorate's understanding of the political science model which is not easy to understand especially knowing and navigating the process when choosing an elected official. Lack of education also influences our ability to analyze issues, rank issues in their order of importance such as climate change, unemployment, minimum wages and cost of living issues. Foreign policy issues are even more complicated and low information voters struggle even more with assimilating foreign policy issues.
Because the United States globally ranks in the middle of the pack educationally many in our electorate have not been able to grasp the gravity of salient issues, engage critical thinking required, followed by the corrsponding political behavior designed to achieve the desired outcomes during an election, they have become frustrated even angry and have found visceral protesting the only default reaction.
Lack of education has also influenced the financial growth of the electorate, in part has stopped social mobility, limited financial growth, limited the ability to own a home, compete for high paying jobs, how to start a business, how to save or invest and how to adopt good behaviors that make us physically and mentally healthy.
There has been small improvements in the educational performance level for the United States but we are still lagging behind. Until we come up to par educationally the younger millennials Generation Z, born 1995 - 2009 will struggle to figure out what is transpiring politically and will probably default to protests and visceral responses. The older millennials Generation Y, born 1980 - 1994 on the other hand are very educated and are doing fine, very impressive, understanding global and domestic issues, having full understanding of both domestic and foreign policy and how each applies to them.
According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Generation Alpha, born 2010 - 2025 as a generational cohort to date has given ample reasons for concern regarding international STEAM ranking globally. A recent Pew Research Center report, indicates only 29% of Americans considered their local K-12 education adequate in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. A supporting survey administered by the American Association for Advancement indicates that only 16% of the U.S.'s K-12 STEAM education was above average while 46%, in contrast was below average.
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress - NAEP 4th and 8th graders were ranked below the middle of the pack globally in the subjects of math and science. These generational cohorts especially younger millennials and generation alfa, are most likely to use protesting as their primary option in political behavior until we can raise the educational level among these generational cohorts.
Finally, other influencers that mitigate protesting are informal education or socialization that comes from functional families and interventions by functional faith-based mechanisms.
Definitions of Generation Cohorts are as follows:
G.I Generation: born 1914 - 1927 - they are disciplined, respect law and order and they like consistency, they dislike change, have fixed views on gender, like command and control management style in leaders.
Builders or the Silent Generation: born 1928 - 1945 - They highly value security, comfort, familiar activities and environments. They possess the best work and education opportunities because of the post-war economic boom.
Baby Boomers: born 1946 - 1964 - This cohort group is the largest population of any generation. When younger they were open-minded and rebellious but evolved into being conservative in their 30’s and 40’s. Status and social standing are important to this cohort. They are optimistic, ambitious, very loyal and possess an 'employment is for life' attitude. Are “workaholics.”
Generation X: born 1965 - 1979 - Saw both parents working, sent to daycare, saw parents divorce, “latchkey kids”. Well-educated having secondary and tertiary qualifications resourceful, individualistic, self reliant with low trust of authority. Contrary to Baby Boomers not interested in employment for life. When at work focused on relationships, outcomes, their rights and skills. Will leave a job if they are unhappy.
Generation Y: born 1980 - 1994 also known as Millennials - Millennials are very good with technology comfortable in diverse ethnic groups. Similar to GI Generation in the areas of optimism, confidence, sociable, strong morals and like civic duty. They aren't loyal to any specific brand. They expect a professional workplace demand flexibility and will change employers for promotional opportunities more frequently than Gen Xers.
Generation Z: born 1995 - 2009 - also known as the Younger Millennials - Cannot conceive life without the internet, computers and mobile phones. Communication is mainly through online communities and social media such as Google, My Space, Twitter and Face Book rather than face to face relationships. Ability to belong to huge social media communities without knowing anyone personally. Public speaking not their preference. An easy method to memorize the millennial generations is to remember the series x,y,z together with generations y and z being the older and younger millennials respectively.
Generation Alpha: born 2010 - 2025 - sociologists exhausted the Latin terms and have switched to the Greek alphabet. Will begin school earlier and study longer, prone to being materialistic and techno-centric.Sociologists started over with the greek alphabet after reaching generation Z in order to clearly identify the new generational cohort groups.
Chinese Version
在回顧過去的抗議活動並預測未來的抗議活動時，我們應該考慮選民受教育程度低所產生的影響。如果我們不了解任何主題、主題或問題，就不可能參與其討論，當然也無法影響其結果。結果，這個地區的生活讓我們感到沮喪和憤怒。 缺乏教育會影響選民對政治科學模型的理解，政治科學模型不容易理解，尤其是在選擇民選官員時了解和駕馭整個過程。缺乏教育也會影響我們分析問題、依重要性順序排列問題的能力，例如氣候變遷、失業、最低工資和生活成本問題。外交政策問題更加複雜，資訊匱乏的選民在理解外交政策議題上更加困難。 由於美國在全球教育水平上處於中等水平，我們選民中的許多人無法掌握突出問題的嚴重性，無法進行所需的批判性思維，也無法採取相應的政治行為來在選舉期間實現預期結果，他們變得沮喪甚至憤怒，並發現發自內心的抗議是唯一的預設反應。 缺乏教育也影響了選民的財務成長，部分阻礙了社會流動性，限制了財務成長，限制了擁有住房、競爭高薪工作、如何創業、如何儲蓄或投資以及如何採取使我們身心健康的良好行為。 美國的教育績效水準略有提高，但仍落後。在我們的教育程度達到標準之前，出生於 1995 年至 2009 年的年輕千禧世代 Z 世代將很難弄清楚政治上正在發生什麼，並且可能會默認抗議和本能反應。另一方面，出生於 1980 年至 1994 年的年長千禧世代 Y 世代受過良好教育，表現出色，令人印象深刻，了解全球和國內問題，充分了解國內和外交政策以及各自的適用方式。 據美國科學促進會稱，2010 年至 2025 年出生的阿爾法一代作為迄今為止的一代人，已經給出了充分的理由來關注全球國際 STEAM 排名。皮尤研究中心最近的一份報告表明，只有 29% 的美國人認為他們當地的 K-12 教育在科學、技術、工程、藝術和數學領域是足夠的。美國進步協會進行的一項支持性調查顯示，美國 K-12 STEAM 教育中只有 16% 高於平均水平，而 46% 則低於平均水平。 根據國家教育進步評估 - NAEP 四年級和八年級學生的數學和科學科目在全球排名中線以下。這些世代群體，尤其是年輕的千禧世代和阿爾法世代，最有可能將抗議視為政治行為的主要選擇，直到我們能夠提高這些世代群體的教育水平。 最後，減輕抗議的其他影響因素是來自功能性家庭的非正式教育或社會化以及功能性基於信仰的機制的干預。 世代群組的定義如下： G.I世代：出生於1914年至1927年－他們遵守紀律，尊重法律和秩序，喜歡一致性，不喜歡變化，對性別有固定的看法，喜歡領導者的命令和控制管理風格。 建設者或沉默的一代：出生於 1928 年 - 1945 年 - 他們高度重視安全、舒適、熟悉的活動和環境。由於戰後經濟繁榮，他們擁有最好的工作和教育機會。 嬰兒潮世代：出生於 1946 年至 1964 年 - 這個群體是任何世代中人口最多的群體。年輕時他們思想開放、叛逆，但到了30多歲和40多歲就變得保守。地位和社會地位對這個群體來說很重要。他們樂觀、雄心勃勃、非常忠誠，並擁有「就業就是終身」的態度。是「工作狂」。 X世代：出生於1965年至1979年－父母都在工作，被送到托兒所，父母離婚，「掛鑰匙的孩子」。受過良好教育，擁有中等和高等教育學歷，足智多謀，個人主義，自力更生，對權威的信任度較低。與嬰兒潮世代相反，他們對終身就業不感興趣。在工作時關注關係、結果、他們的權利和技能。如果他們不開心就會離開工作。 Y 世代：出生於 1980 年至 1994 年，也稱為千禧世代 - 千禧世代非常擅長適應不同種族群體的技術。與《美國軍人世代》在樂觀、自信、善於交際、道德高尚和公民義務等方面相似。他們不忠於任何人
具體品牌。他們期望專業的工作場所需要靈活性，並且會比 X 世代更頻繁地更換雇主以獲得晉升機會。 Z世代：出生於1995年至2009年——也被稱為年輕的千禧世代——無法想像沒有網路、電腦和手機的生活。溝通主要透過線上社群和社群媒體（例如 Google、My Space、Twitter 和 Facebook），而不是面對面的關係。能夠在不認識任何人的情況下加入龐大的社群媒體社群。公開演講不是他們的偏好。記住千禧世代的一個簡單方法是記住 x、y、z 系列，其中 y 和 z 世代分別是年長的千禧世代和年輕的千禧世代。 Alpha世代：出生於2010年至2025年－社會學家用盡了拉丁術語，轉而使用希臘字母。會更早開始上學，學習時間更長，傾向於物質主義和以技術為中心。
