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Generation X

Glenn Beck on the Millennial “Me” Generation

October 28, 2009

Any chance I get to wreck on the Millennial Generation (depending on who you speak to, it’s those born between 1982 and 1999), is a chance that I’m going to take. I don’t loathe them, but since I’ve been teaching them for nine years I know that not only are they one day going to [...]

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“Quarter-Life Crisis” Hits Young People

September 27, 2009

I am generally not a fan of the Millennial Generation (born c. 1982-1999) because they’ve mostly been coddled by their helicopter parents, they’ve had the bar lowered in regards to failing in school, and they expect success and rewards simply for showing up. Their sense of entitlement is a little scary. Glued to the Internet and feeling that [...]

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Movie Review — 9

September 12, 2009

From the moment I saw the first trailer for “9″ at Transformers 2 in June, I had a feeling I’d like this movie. I wasn’t let down by anything but its short duration. The digital animation was top-notch and the mood was always dark or impending. The first cartoon movie I ever saw in the theaters [...]

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Top 10 List of Annoying Millennial Habits

March 27, 2009

Quin Hillyer from American Spectatorhas been spot on lately. Here’s his latest piece ripping on the bad habits of Millennials and late X-ers (or as he calls them, the “under 30” crowd).
I teach Millennials and laughed out loud most of the way down the page! Millennials, as the “Baby Boom Echo” or ”Echo Boomers,” suffer from some [...]

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VH1 ’80s Countdown Timesuck

April 26, 2008

I love them. I hate them.
Despite the socio-political leanings of the music networks, I applaud VH1 for keeping pop culture over the last three decades alive for those who either don’t remember the formative years of Gen X or for those who just love to immerse themselves in the nostalgia. I am mostly the latter (being a kid in [...]

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