The Term "Millennial"

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If any of you are like me you're all sick and tired of hearing the term millennial when people talk about you. The term "millennial" has turned into an insulting name. I once had a colleague that tried to tell me how to do something and I simply told him "I really like the way I do it." And keep in mind that it wasn't something that HAD to be done a certain way. He then got angry and said, "This is what is wrong with you millennials. You don't listen to anyone that's older than you." Well, kind sir, you are very wrong. First of all, there are multiple ways of doing one thing. Just because I do it differently than you do doesn't mean that I'm doing it wrong or less efficiently. Second of all, Google's definition of "millennial" is anyone born between 1980 and the early 2000s. So all of you 30 year olds that complain that we millennials are ruining society please let me educate you a little. YOU ARE MILLENNIALS TOO. 

It is true that our generation is known to be technology obsessed. And this I will admit to. In general we are. But have any of you seen a parent that has a fussy child and instead of talking with the child or trying to understand the child, the parent simply gives it their phone or ipad in order to keep the child quiet? Yea a lot of you reading this are remembering now that you've done that in the past. If we don't bother to listen to our children, if we are "lazy" parents and simply place our child in front of the tv to keep them quiet, we are creating and promoting this technology obsession. If we want this technology obsession to end in the rising generation we as parents need to spend more time teaching our children instead of placing them in front of the tv so we don't have to deal with them. 

And let us keep in mind that not everyone within that age range is obsessed with technology and self-entitled. I'm 22, I'm married, I work hard, I have a budget, and I go to school. I am a responsible adult. I am not self-entitled, arrogant, or ignorant. And I KNOW that there are many others just like me out there. Not all of us are bad. So please don't make assumptions for a general population when you don't personally know everyone out there. If we make a few changes on how we treat each other maybe the term "millennial" can become a more positive name. 

Se voces foram como eu, voces estariam muito cansados de ouvir o termo milenar quando as pessoas falam de voce. O termo "millennial" se tornou num nome insultando. Eu tinha uma colega que tentava me forçar a fazer algo como ele queria em vez da maneira que eu estava fazendo. Eu simplismente falei, "eu gosto da maneira que estou fazendo agora." E lembre que estava fazendo algo que nao precisava ser feito numa maneira especifica. Ele ficou bravo e falou, "E isso que voces millennials fazem errado. Voces nao dao ouvidos as pessoas mais velhas." Entao, senhor querido, voce nao esta certo. Primeiro, ha muitas maneiras de fazer algo. Se eu fizer algo differente do que voce nao significa que estou fazendo aquilo errado ou menos efficientemente. Segundo, a definiçao do Google de "millennial" e assim, "alquem que naceu entre os anos de 1980 e 2000. Entao todos voces que tem 30 anos e estao falando que nos estamos distruindo nossa sociedade, por favor, deixa-me a educar voce. VOCE E UM MILLENNIAL TAMBEM.

E verdade que nossa geraçao e conhecida de ser obcecada com a tecnologia. Isso vou admitir. Em geral, estamos. Mas alguem ja viu um parente que tinha uma criança que faz muito barulho e em vez de falar com a crança e entender a criança o parente lhe deu o celular ou ipad para que a criança fique quieta? Sim, muitos de voces que estao lendo lembraram que ja fizeram isso no passado. Se nao queremos entender nossos filhos e ser formos pais preguiçosos e simplismente colocamos nosos filhos em frente do tv para que eles fiquem qeitos, nos estamos criando e promovendo essa obceçao de tecnologia. Entao, se quisermos que essa obceçao de tecnologia a parar nessa proxima geraçao, nos como parentes, temos que usar mais tempo ensinando nossas crianças em vez de colocar eles em frente do tv para que nao tenhamos que estar com eles. "

E vamos lembrar que nao todas as pessoas que foram nacidos entre esses anos sao assim. Tenho 22 anos, sou casada, eu trabalho duro, eu poupo dinheiro, e faço faculdade. Sou uma adulta responsavel. Nao sou auto-intitulado, arrogante, ou ignorante. Eu SEI que ha ainda mais pessoas como eu. Nao somos todos mals. Entao, por favor nao façam premissas por uma populaçao general quando voce nao conheçe todas as pessas. Talvez, se mudarmos a maneira que tratamos outras pessoas, o termo "millennial" se tornaria um termo mias positiva. 









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