generation x
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An introduction to Generation XTRANSCRIPT
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Generation X
A little production
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Generation X
born 1964-1984
The MeGeneration
Yuppies withouta conscience
The Lost Generation
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Baby pictures
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We were the first generation people took a pill not to have…
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We are the children of divorce- 40% of us grew
up in broken homes, many without fathers…
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We came home to an empty house after
school at triple the rate our parents did…
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We were at daycare. 67% of us had mothers working outside the
home…
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We watched 22,000 hours of TV by the time we were 18 (2.5 years
worth), twice the time we spent in school…
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Our parents’ generation didn’t go to church.
Neither did we…
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Birthday presents…
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Our parents’ generation gave us free love, divorce, and AIDS…
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Recreational drug use, cocaine and crack…
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The biggest debt ever in human history (more than $15,000,000,000,000)…
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And a label as selfish, lazy and careless…
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Every day
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13 of us will commit suicide…
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16 of us will be murdered…
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1,000 of us became unwed mothers…
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100,000 of us brought
guns to school…
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2,200 of us will drop out of school…
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500 of us will start using drugs…
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1,000 of us start drinking alcohol…
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3,500 of us are assaulted…
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630 of us are robbed…
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80 of us are raped…
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We are incarcerated and executed at a
higher rate than any previous generation…
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Today
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We care less about money and spend more
time with our families than our parents…
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We get married later (usually at 26) than
our parents…
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46% of us still have broken relationships with
parents (the people we most often say are our role models)…
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We distrust authority figures(our role models failed or quit life)…
Kurt Cobaincommitted
suicide 1994
Jimmy SwaggartUsed a prostitute
1988
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Only 26% of us 25 and younger attend weekly
religious services of ANY faith (lowest number of
any age group).
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So…Now what?
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89% of us still believe in God, and 75% of us believe there is life
after death…
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We are leary of denominations and
institutions…
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Our parents asked few questions. We ask really
big ones…
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We are willing to challenge status quos- and we go where we have
to to find answersthat satisfy…
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To us, religion has been exploitative, exclusive
and doctrinal…
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We value experience over information…
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We’d rather be honest than polite…
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We’ve grown up in turmoil- we thrive in transition and change…
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We’ve been hurt- we embrace brokenness and
compassion…
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We’re tired of division- we are team players…
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We love our youth-and we’re willing to spend it all on a worthy cause…
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We’d rather solve problems than discuss
them…
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More than other generations, we value
art, music and drama as expressions of worship…
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We are slow to trust, but in a safe place where we fit in, our commitment is
unwavering…
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We value and work towards diversity…
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We are passionate about advance, rather than
maintenance…
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To us, the journey is as important as the
destination…
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We’re a generation of searchers… we’re still
looking…
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“I looked for the one my heart loves- I looked but I couldn’t find him… I will search for the one my heart loves…when I
found him…I held him and would not let him go.Song of Solomon 3:1-8