Hey class! This is my blog. I'll be posting more as the class goes on. Nice to meet you all.
it's their time, not ours.
I am a Gen Z adult. I was born in 1998 and I'm not embarrassed to say it. I even thought I was a Millennial up until recently. There's been a recent cultural shift that turned its aim from Millennials to Gen Z. The same insults and exaggerated perceptions that plagued today's 30-year-olds have now been let onto teens and those in their early 20s. But why? Why is it so easy for us to do this to those finding their footing, who are just now beginning to enter their world of cognitive reasoning? Media is ingraining itself into the world around us. No matter how much you attempt to avoid it and how deeply irritated you are by its pervasiveness, it's there. As the world changes around us, we have to learn to adapt. Staking a permanent residence in what we believe is normal stagnates us and leads us to unnecessary intergenerational cultural wars. The “boomer” vs “zoomer” discourse is so tiring. Tell an older millennial that they’re Gen Z and they’ll hiss and argue, “no — the...
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