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generation X
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generation X

Refers to persons born in the 1960s and 1970s. The name was coined as a result of a study of young people's attitudes in England in 1964 by Jane Deverson. The generation X period saw the rise of hippies and countercultures across the Western world. By the time older gen-Xers became teenagers, the personal computer revolution had begun.

Generation Y
Generation Y refers to people born in the 1980s and 1990s. In Western cultures, they were brought up entirely in the age of personal computers and electronic gadgets. Younger gen-Xers and all generation Y children were brought up in the thick of it.

Baby Boomers
More than 76 million baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 in the U.S. Older baby boomers were raised without desktop computers, and many did not even have TVs as children.



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Tara Brabazon may be a disaffected Generation Xer at heart but she is also now an influential senior academic, award-winning teacher and finalist for Australian of the Year.
Cultural studies--but a memory now by Hopkins, Susan / Youth Studies Australia
Generation Xers bring a fresh approach to the teaching profession and are not inhibited by existing rules and regulations.
Changing of the guard: a new generation of teacher leaders will raise ... by Carlson, Howard C. / School Administrator
The typical Generation Xer grew up as a "latchkey kid" with double shift-working recession-plagued parents, went to college suspicious of large corporations and was told to "Just Say No.
THE I-GENERATION by Vogel, Mark / Agri Marketing
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