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    The Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, applies to the individuals born between 1982 and 2004. They reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century, and with a population of about 80 million people. This age group is characterized by values, unique experiences and expectations. This is a very protected and desired generation. The "Millennials" are presented as a culturally diverse generation optimistic, self confident, sociable and achievement-oriented. They represent approximately

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    The GI generation, also known as the Greatest Generation, were the ones who saved the world and then rebuilt it; while the next generation, Baby Boomers,were the radicals of the 70’s. Generation X are the cynicals and lastly are the millennials, the ones who have been accused of killing almost everything. Since World War I, the generations of the world have become increasingly different over time but, the same willpower, patriotism, and drive to create a better nation still remains. The

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    to Mark Bauerlein, who wrote The Dumbest Generation, Millennials know absolutely nothing and aren’t capable of being intelligent. He continues to think it is the dumbest generation and supports it with sloppy evidence. Throughout the years, people, particularly older “wise” people, have declared that the generation today is the dumbest of them all and the reason for this is due to the fact that technology is a huge part of the generation and this generation simply has it easier which is considered

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    Stereotypes can often be deceitful, although there generally lies a truthfulness behind them. People are born into generations at certain points of time and there are multitudes of factors that mold these individuals. Various generations have come and departed, including the Greatest Generation, the Baby-Boomers, Gen X, and now the Millennials. There are effective ways for the Millennial Generation to overcome their stereotypes. According to Barbour Ulrich in her article “Survey findings challenge Millennial

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    The Millennial Generation consists of the people who are currently running or in the future will run or nation, which older generations are extremely wary about. Millennials are tech-savvy, dream driven, and educated individuals that attribute to society and their own lives, yet are unappreciated due to preconceptions about their personalities such as; tech-addicted, lazy, and conceited individuals with unrealistic expectations of life. How can one learn about the Millennial Generation, if they do not

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    Generation Y is known as the generation that was born in the 1980s and 1990s, although experts do not agree on when this era started. The people who make up Generation Y are often the children of baby boomers and are therefore called echo boomers. Most of them are in their late teens or twenties and entirely different from other generations. It is this generation that promotes change, unconventional opinions and optimistic approaches towards everyday living. In todays society a new movement has galvanized;

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    The millennial generation, Generation Y, has the ability to be the most well-rounded, sagacious, and unprejudiced generation yet; however, there are some flaws in every generation. Some people point out our flaws and do not look at the great qualities that we have. I admit that we do have flaws but guess what, we are a generation and every generation consist of humans. We are not the only generation with flaws and other generations have some flaws, too. I am not just speaking for myself; I am speaking

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    Generation Genius Baby Boomers (people over the age of 30) have begun to grow out of their “baby” status as many of them begin to grow older and some even begin to retire. As these Baby Boomers begin to step down from their positions, they leave a hole that Generation Y (people under the age of 30) is next in line to fill. As the years continue to pass, Generation Y will continue to assume more and more responsibilities until the day comes in which Generation Y is called upon to lead the world.

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    The dumbest generation is not the Millennials. Indeed this generation is smarter than previous generations because of better technology, and better learning of new vocabulary on everything that we watch and play as on video games, TV shows, we are always learning new stuff every time. New generation’s also have proof that we are more intelligent in test that people have taken to compare older IQ levels and newer generations IQ levels. There can be some proof that this generation is getting lazier

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    It is no secret that today’s generation is the most technologically advanced in the history of the human race, and it is a common misconception that ours is the supreme generation because of this. In contrast, people see the low-tech generation that came long before ourss as disconnected and as less important than the current generation. This could not be farther from the truth. Our grandparents’ generation may have endured different schooling and housing, and may have different mindsets than ours

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