Last week and this week, we studied an article about Stella Liebeck and her extremely hot cup of coffee. We viewed a video via The New York Times and read the accompanying article that discussed the shift in American culture. Instead of fearing the heat of a cup, we tote around steaming hot cups of coffee as if it were nothing despite the very real danger of scalding ourselves or a loved one. The height of the coffee culture is a shift that has occurred during my lifetime. When I was younger, coffee shops were few and far between. Most coffee was consumed in the morning by adults at breakfast, but now coffee seems to be everywhere. Like the article points out, there is a Starbucks in a one-mile radius in just about every major city. Despite so many shops, they seem to always be packed to the brim and busy.
Discuss either a current culture shift that you have observed during your lifetime OR predict a possible trend/culture shift in the future. Some ideas to get you started may include music, technology, food trends, fashion, or social networking.
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