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Roxane Goshinska
Jeffrey Goss
Kurt Grabowski
Christopher Graff
Robert Graham
William Gray
Becky Green
Pamela Grutel
Scott Gruttemeyer
Michele Guenette
David Hacker
Steve Halleen
David Hanzek
Youth in the '60s— the yuppie
If a student of the 50 s appeared in the work to have a brew. On Saturdays, they Ralston High is sure to become a Yuppie.
hallways of Ralston High—a real James work in the yard, and maybe play some ball But a majority of them will. The trend
Dean type with the greased back hair and with young junior before they go in to watch toward yuppie-ism is in full swing right
leather jacket— he undoubtedly would be a the Mets play the Cubs on cable. This is the now. A lot of young adults will get caught
“greaser” among a bunch of “squares”. life of the young yuppie. Newsweek up in it.
Times have changed. The student of the 80’s magazine calls them, “the huge class of Still, if James Dean met a yuppie in the
look— and outlook— has become radically young adults—the high-rise, high-tech hallway, they would probably find that they
conservative. people— who devote tremendous energies to have some things in common. It’s like the
The college-bound generation of the 80’s their careers and take the pressures off old saying goes: people don’t change, only
falls into the category of the young- through a kind of hedonism.” This is the times change. And times have definitely
upwardly-mobile-professionals. If that’s a contemporary American—the wave of the changed.
mouthful for you, call them by their more youth.
common name—Yuppies. The views of the Yuppies revolve around Education is a key to the success of a yuppie. Senior
Yuppies? What are yuppies? Maybe the one basic idea: materialism. Whereas James Tim Collins gets a head start on his college career by
studying his Human Physiology.
best explanation would be by example. Dean was protraying the typical young adult
Yuppies have recently been given a lot of at of the 50’s—the kid who was searching for
tention—on TV, in the movies, in ads. The understanding, who was trying to find him
yuppie is the young adult whose dream is to self in a rapidly changing world—and the
be an accountant, live in a four bedroom typical kid of the 60’s was looking for
house and have 2.5 children. The key to the peace, love and understanding, the Yuppie is
yuppie is success. They love their jobs and searching for something entirely different.
love to make money. They undoubtedly The Yuppie wants a comfortable life—a
voted for the republican in any election, and couple of cars, a trip to the Caribbean, a new
politics is often the topic of conversation Apple II computer. This is the status of suc
when a couple of yuppies get together after cess. Not everyone who graduates from
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