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OTG: The Oregon Trail Generation
I was born in 1983. This means that according to demographers I'm both a part of Gen X and a Part of Gen Y, a group also dubbed "the Millennials." Generations are a tricky business and I would venture to say that people born in the late 70s and early 80s are really a strange micro-generation. I have no idea what we should be called, but I'm a fan of "The Oregon Trail Generation," because, frankly, we certainly don't fit the general descriptions of either:
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On Apparently Being Penelope Garcia
I was having a conversation with a former student the other day that started off like this: Former Student: “Ms. K, I know you’ve got to like Criminal Minds. It’s a well-written cop show about the psychology of crazy that uses quotes at the beginning and the end.” Me: Yes, it’s probably my favourite show. While I’ve been sick, it’s pretty much all I’ve been watching. (I’ve written about my love of cop shows in general and Criminal Minds in particular in a former blog entry here. I’ve also brought up quotes in 1, 2, and 3 different entries). FS: Anybody ever told you you’re Penelope Garcia? Me: Yes, actually.…
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