 We Are… The Millennial Generation By: Andrew Irick Bill King Jenna Magistro Joe Swain Ryan Sellman

Overview  1980’s – 1990’s  Greatly influenced by technology and celebrities  “Generation Y” or “The Good News Generation”  Went through many hard times  Created our own slang

Traits Of The Millennial Generation  Open to change/willing to go against the grain  Liberal  Non-religious  Confident  Over-achieving  “Special”  Our parents raised us to believe this.

How Do We See Ourselves  Able to change the world  Raised to believe in ourselves  See change as a worth working for  Always capable of rising to the occasion  Pushed to take on extra responsibility and workload  Happy  Good self image

Unique Language Patterns  Slang version of English  Short hand writing  Ex.) BRB, LOL  Brought upon by technology  Texting  AIM  Twitter  Facebook

People Of The Millennial Generation  Anyone who is involved with technology is involved in the millennial generation  Steve Jobs  Bill Gates  Mark Zuckerberg  Celebrities

A Unique History  9-11: a day that will forever be in our minds  Recession: the panic for jobs  War In Iraq: the result of 9-11 has stuck with us and has caused devastation to our generation.

Arts & Entertainment  Technology Change  Harry Potter  Video games  TV- nickelodeon  Boy Bands To Rappers  Pop to Rap  Starts with boy bands  Pixar and Disney

People Of Faith  Roughly 25% of Millennials do not belong to a specific religion.  People will have their own morals.  We do not have people sway us in our moral obligations.

“The Good News Generation”  We strive for excellence  Most are not content with good enough  If we do not reach our goal, we do not stop

And So Forth…  TV was an important part of our growing up  Learned many lessons from TV shows such as Full House, Saved by the Bell, and Boy Meets World  entertained us and taught us morals

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