With all this talk about Generation Y or the Millennial Generation, I sometimes wonder where I fit in.  I'm just shy of 29, depending on which Sociologist's timeline you look at I am either Generation X or Y.  I remember all the talk about Generation X back in the 1990s and thinking I related to them. I watched movies like Reality Bites and Empire Records, listened to grunge, and was happy to relate to the whole Generation X Scene. That is until I was a little older, and I started working in the education field.

Suddenly I am faced with people/students that are a little bit younger, and in some ways are so different than I am…and sometimes the same.  Generation Y is known for their television viewing habits, their love of technology, naively optimistic outlooks, and an over all lack of responsibility.  I find myself getting frustrated with their (in my mind) glaring shortcomings. I just don't my students who can't be bothered to read the syllabus and expect me to spoon feed them each week' s assignments. It annoys me that I have to lock their computers or I will be fighting MySpace and Facebook for their attention.  
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