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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:35:05 EST
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- From: "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: X or 13? You decide! (was Re: Now for some
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- >Neal cites:
- >
- > The _Atlantic_ article (cover story in Vol 270, No 6, December 1992)
- > defines Boomers as the 1943-1960 birth cohort, Thirteeners as
- > 1961-1981. That makes anyone who's now 11-31 a Thirteener, while
- > Boomers are 32-49.
- >
- > Generations are longer than decades.
- >
- >So, why Thirteen? Doesn't "say" anything to me
- >
- > //anne, also a "Third Culture Kid"//
-
- Has anyone done this? Call a generation 20 years (which is
- what I've always heard); say 1961-1980 is the thirteenth
- generation; count backward by 20 years; and the First
- Generation is those born between 1721 and 1740, which would
- be those who were between 36 and 55 in 1776, presumably of
- an age to be active in the American Revolution. Thus, the
- "First Generation of American Citizens"...
-
- Just a theory,
- judith
-