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Generation Y: Characteristics Of The Millennial Generation

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Although designating a specific time period to each generation is difficult, the Millennial Generation, also referred to as Generation Y, ranges from the early 1980’s to the 2000’s, with most people agreeing on the time frame 1982 to 2000. This generation has been seen by the others in a negative light, with low expectations and shamed for almost every action made. From a variety of nicknames which include “The Me Me Me Generation” and “The iGeneration”, all mocking the characteristics of this demographic, the Millennial Generation is degraded, when in reality, it consists of the strongest generation to come. Your generation consists of kids that lack a work ethic; none of you work for anything! In reality, this generation has seen an increase …show more content…

You’ve all lost the true meaning of education. Since the 1990’s, standardized testing has been put in place to raise our nation’s test scores as compared to countries around the world. Since then, students have been put through countless numbers of tests, always told to get higher test scores by teachers, parents and other authority figures. This type of mentality has become so engraved in our minds and we’ve been trained according to standardized tests instead of the actual material that our goal has always been to simply pass tests, ranging from California Standardized Testing to the Common Core, also known as 21st Century Learning. So, is it truly the fault of the Millennial Generation we simply want to pass tests or is it due to the past generations who have instituted these ideals and …show more content…

As stated before, our generation has a more open mind, more willing to compromise and come to decisions that benefit the majority and provide a greater sense of equality. Why is it that a generation of people that are willing to compromise is expected to fail while the government of today, which consists of people from past generations, caused a government shutdown in 2013 simply because they could not come to a consensus about the budget? Today, the average age of a Senator in the United States is 63, meaning they were from the Baby Boom generation, yet they’re the ones deciding on the future of the country, a future that will affect them less than the Millennium Generation, meaning if they make mistakes, they don’t have to suffer the consequences, but we do. Yes, the way we behave as teenagers may seem irresponsible, but people of a higher power from past, “better” generations make even more detrimental ones, and if that doesn’t cause the downfall of America, it will unlikely happen in our

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