Health & Fitness
Future of Gen-X
How are we going to turn the oblique future of Gen-X into a vertical angle, and what does it mean to the next Gen Y .
Gen X, is the generation born after the Western World War 11.
The term was popularized by Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. It was used in different times and places for various subcultures or countercultures after the 1950s.Gen X describes a generational change from the later Baby Boomer cohort who were born in the late 1950s.
When compared with previous generations, Generation X represents a more heterogeneous generation, exhibiting great variety of diversity in such aspects as race, class, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.Change is more the rule for the people of Generation X than the exception.
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The U.S. Census Bureau cites Generation X as highly educated, statistically holding the highest education levels when looking at current age groups: U.S. Census Bureau, in their 2009 Statistical Abstract.
Since i'm part of that GenX, I've doubts about the future of our generation. Seems pretty oblique despite the frills and statisctical accomplishments attached to our name. That invokes the question here, how my Generations contribution will impact the Gen Y.
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