Georgia Tech professor Rebekah Fitzsimmons taught a class on "adulting" to members of the youngest group of millennials.
There are so many I know that fall in the age range they're discussing.
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defined by Pew Research as the generation born between 1981 and 1996. Fitzsimmons is on the older end of that age range, a "xennial" on the cusp of Generation X.
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Why's it so important to know where you stand on the generation scale? Let's see, being called a "Millennial" has a negative connotation to some.
Friends, colleagues, and people I've tutored cannot stand the label. What I've told them is that they're more than an age class.
Sure GenX sounds cool like "Professor X," but y'all can make "xennial" synonymous with ambitious and successful. So feel free to make a name and legacy for your generation to be proud of.
-- dnagirl