Millenials

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Millennials are a generation of people who are reaching young adulthood by the early 2000s meaning they were born between the years of 1980s and 2000s. Majority of millennials are children of Generation X, also known as Baby Boombers, who were born between the years of 1960s and 1980s. Millennials are also known as Generation Y because they come after Generation X. The topic of millennials sparks the interest of many including myself because I am myself a millennial.
It is difficult to generalize the people who have opinions on the millennials because millennials have been the hot topic of discussion for the past decade or so. Commonly society picks a positive or negative view on millennials. A negative view that copious amounts of people have on millennials is that we are lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. Another views are that is relatively positive is that we are just confident, self-expressive, liberal and upbeat. There is a bountiful amount of data to defend either side of this issue. The population usually chooses between these two perspectives or they just remaining neutral with no opinion. However, I believe that millennials are important because they are the one’s who hold the content of future.
Society tends to negatively stereotype the 80 millions Americans born between the years 1980 and 2000. According data found by Lauren Hansen and Ryu Spaeth in the article “Ways to Describe the Millennial Generation”, many people like to believe that millennials are narcissistic and that we only care about ourselves and less about what is going on in the world. By narcissistic they mean that we only care about materialistic things like money, image, self-acceptance, fame and affiliation (Hansen). They also assert that millennia...

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...e Internet using technology; they are becoming more and more technologically savvy. Stein is surely right when he claims we are go-getters and big thinkers because as he might not be aware, studies have shown that millennials are the most adaptable and creative generation. Some millennials just need to learn how to better utilize the source they have.
Therefore, millennials spark the interest many different people with countless distinct opinions. Lauren Hansen had bountiful data to back up her perspective that millennials are lazy, entitled narcissists in society. Joel Stein had the opposing optimistic argument that millennials are the start of something great and positive change and will continue to be advantageous to society and revolution. I personally believe that millennials should not be taken granted, for they have so much to offer to us and to our future.

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