THOUGHTS
Confessions of a Gen Y Kid: Our Education
How public school culture within the 1980s and 1990s prepared me for 21st Century adversity
I’m proud to be a Millennial. I don’t glorify my own generation as “the best.” However, I refuse to lay down and endure the vitriol from people who choose to blame my fellow members of “Generation Y” for everything that’s wrong with society.
But that’s a deep dive for another day (and I will be publishing one of those, soon).
Today, I want to talk a little bit about my experiences growing up throughout the 1980s and 1990s. By some accounts, those decades feel so quaint compared to the chaos of our current era. On the other hand, a lot of social dynamics from my childhood and adolescence were rather backward. We’ve come a long way, baby!
Still, there is a lucid comfort in nostalgia. As long as we keep our fond memories in proper context, there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of reminiscing.
Part of the reason I’m writing this is to benefit “Centennials” and “Alphas” — Generations Z & AA, respectively — who were too young to remember the 80s or most of the 90s. Most of you weren’t even born yet; so I hope this can serve as sort of a “modular time capsule” to give you a glimpse into…
