Millennials. Who and what are they?

Basically, any child born from the year 2000 and onward.
These "millennials" have grown up with the latest technology at their fingertips and they live in a
world where flat screen TV's and iPads are pretty basic household items. That is crazy. As
someone who was born in the 90's, I still remember when every house could afford probably one
computer and that computer was slow, annoying, and you had to wait for what seemed like hours
for the dial-up to run (good memories right)? Personally, I am almost a decade older than my
younger brother, who is the millennial in this case. Here is my rant on the different lives we live.

. A pacifier vs. an iPad

As a wee baby, if I were to cry or be remotely upset about anything I was to be quiet when my
mother stuck a pacifier in my mouth. My brother, on the other hand, was granted an iPad filled
with fun and interactive games to shut him up. That seems fair.

. Pencils vs. Laptops

Back in the day, I had my homework in a form of a worksheet which was handed out during class
to bring home. Nowadays I find my brother logging onto some modern looking homework
program? Also, he has been using Google docs to make presentations and type out his homework
with his friends since third grade. I struggled to do math homework in third grade since I had no
cellular device to conveniently text my friends for some assistance.

6. Human contact vs. Virtual contact

Continuing my rant with "real life stuff" I have to tie it back to technology once again. Although
my brother partakes in weekly football practices and occasionally plays catch in the park with his
friends, he spends the majority of his time playing on his computer, games like "Minecraft" and
"Clash of Clans" are wildly popular for his age group. Nowadays, hanging out with his friends
means all of them sit in their bedrooms and log onto their games online and "play" together.
Anyways, back in my day if I wanted to play an actual video game with friends, I invite them to
my house and we whip out the classic Gamecube or Nintendo 64 console and I would obviously
destroy them in "Super Smash Bro's".

90s kids had a balance of street and gizmo life. On dog days of summer, boys used to play with
teks, pog, and turumpo outside, while girls leaped and skipped on their Chinese garters, dressed
their paper dolls, and toyed with jackstones. Back then, you have the bragging rights at school and
in the neighborhood if you own a Brick Game, Tamagochi, or a Gameboy. 90s was the time when
the early generation of PlayStation and Family Computer were deemed ‘in’. The generation of
kids today play like this: hands on the controller, eyes on the monitor. Their forms of amusement
are heavily relied on electronic gadgets and computer games.