I'll admit I misunderstood what you meant by fortunate. In that regard I have been very fortunate. Fortunate that when I got to college and my professors did in fact spout their beliefs as facts, my parents had raised me well enough to research and decide for myself what view points I would take.

That is my problem with this apparent belief that millennials as a whole are mindless SJWs. The majority of people my age that I associate with are in no way what many on this board perceive millennials to be. Yeah we're young and stupid and have a lot left to learn about life but we know that and don't post our beliefs as facts on Facebook or get offended by every other article. My point is that it is impossible to group all millennials together when in my case, I am who I am due to how I was raised, not because of when I was born. The articles posted on this site of millennials being offended by every other article don't take into account the millennials that just don't give a shite.

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Posted on 4/20/17 at 9:28 pm to meauxses

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The majority of people my age that I associate with are in no way what many on this board perceive millennials to be.

Oh I think there are stinking generalities forwarded here. No question. I also think, if one dials in some late 1960's hippie interviews, there are similarities with millennial stereotypes being criticized here.

But with conclusion of the cold war, there were also gradual changes in social, civic, political, economic and historical curricular emphases. That impacted curiosity and competence in those areas.

e.g., In review of Jefferson, there is now greater emphasis on great speculation involving Sally Hemmings as opposed to origins of the Declaration of Independence, Compromise of 1790, etc.

Superficially, that fact is not necessarily bad or good. But insofar as the next step is for Hemmings to be used to discount or disregard Jefferson's intellectuality or contributions, it leads many new students to lack understanding of national foundations aside from slavery.

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