Open Letter from a Millennial: Quit Telling Us We're Not Special
June 28, 2012
Dear Baby Boomers and Generation X,
Quit telling us we're not special.
Believe us, we bloody well know.
Earlier this month, Wellesley high school teacher David McCullough, Jr., delivered what was perhaps the world's first commencement dirge to a crowd of teenagers on the first day of distinction many of them have ever experienced. Graduation from high school, he informed them, is a shiny induction to the hordes of mediocrity.
This is such a well-written, articulate outpouring from a child of Generation X.
July 14, 2012 at 3:32 am
I am a young baby boomer I tried to raise my children to understand their choices had consequences. Some of the best lessons are learned from mistakes so I let them make those too. I did not always pat them on the back and praise them sometimes I kicked them in the butt figuratively of course. They both work hard and are on their own. So I say if you are not satisfied with your life what are you going to do about it? Stop complaining and take action. Change begins with you.