Opening+Session

=Opening Session Notes=

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Opening Session:
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Neil Howe-"author, historian, economist, and expert on generations" [|About Neil Howe] >> Reagan, Kennedy, Walt Disney, Judy Garland || >> Silent Generation 1924-1942 (65-82) >> || BOOM Generation 1943-1960 (47-64) >> || Generation X (26-46) >> "Immigrants-don't feel a sense of belonging" >> || Millennial Generation 1982- (age?-25) "A Kinder Gentler Time" "You're OK, I'm Perfect"
 * GI Generation 1901-1924 (83 and over)
 * Taken care of
 * Civic virtue
 * "Distinct Personality Time"-charisma, dynamic || "The Greatest Generation"
 * Conform
 * Don't rock the boat
 * Strong
 * Strong students
 * No strong personalities-about the larger group
 * "We inherited the system" ||
 * First generation of independent women
 * Independent
 * Culture Wars
 * Always know what's right and vocal
 * Ideological and sometimes impractical
 * Rising individuality and enlightenment
 * Took risks they would never allow their students to take
 * FL-Traveling to other countries
 * Rejected education system
 * Right to privacy, free speech, etc.
 * Fight the Man--no the "Man"-follow me I know what is best
 * "ABSOLUTELY NO IPOD OVERLAP"
 * Risk takers in all aspects of life
 * The journey not the destination necessarily
 * "We don't need anyone"
 * Bill and Hillary
 * Donald Trump
 * Oprah Winfrey
 * Bill Gates
 * George and Laura Bush ||
 * Complete underprotection for gen x-free wheeling boomer parents
 * Watergate-pall over the country
 * Grew up during a time anti-children (look at movies of this time...Children of the Damned, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, It's Alive!, Carrie, etc.
 * Tough kids
 * Evolution of "Latch-Key" kids
 * Judy Blume realism
 * Distrustful of the organization
 * Short-term commitments
 * Few public leaders yet
 * Strong in business/financial
 * Didn't reject education-got by without it
 * Weren't sheltered from realities at all
 * "Little to no IPOD overlap"
 * Risk takers in work/financial
 * "There is no middle class"
 * Barack Obama
 * Michael Dell
 * Jeff Bezos
 * Tiger Woods
 * Jodie Foster
 * Kurt Cobain ||
 * Born during a softer, gentler time
 * Baby on Board-parents vigilant/protective
 * Cuddly Baby Movies
 * Pro-children-kids were inspirational
 * School violence, divorce, teen pregnancy, etc. down significantly
 * Birth rates, adoption, etc. up
 * Positive trends for minorities: education, poverty, etc.
 * Very diverse
 * Do feel a responsibility to adults
 * "Special"
 * "Helicopter" parents-VERY involved-you have their most precious commodities (Often taught by Gen-Xers-interesting confict)
 * Sheltered
 * VIPS
 * Confident
 * Team-orientated
 * New technology literate
 * Conventional
 * Same songs on their IPOD as their parents
 * High School Musical
 * Need lots of feedback, reinforcement
 * At a loss when unsuccessful or with negative feedback
 * Not risk-takers
 * With this group it is the destination not the journey
 * National Spelling Bee-Great Metaphor
 * Frankie Muniz
 * LeBron James
 * Hillary Duff
 * Sarah and Emily Hughes
 * Christopher Paolini