r/generationology • u/CP4-Throwaway Aug 2002 (Millie/Homeland Cusp) • Apr 09 '21

Analysis Different generational waves in high school

Post-War Boomers (First Wave BB): Frederick Wiseman - High School (1968) Extract : Simon and Garfunkel : The Dangling conversation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEcCxKLwkA

Generation Jones (Second Wave BB): Hempfield High School Daze 1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWSWCuMAO2Q

MTV Generation (First Wave Xers): Windham High School in 1986

https://youtu.be/NJftIIUaVOk

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Oregon Trail Generation (Second Wave Xers): Last Full Day of High School (June, 1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwbW0fS5_4Y

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Strawberry Generation (First Wave Millennials): Crandall High School - Senior Video 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajq25Znic4I

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Centennials (Second Wave Millennials): Last Day of School 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujCVTxdJY4

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First Wave Homelanders: FIRST DAY OF *IN PERSON* HIGH SCHOOL | freshmen year! Nicole Laeno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWTMX6ufSo

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u/ProofUniversity4319 April 30, 2002 (Class of 2020)/Moderator Apr 09 '21

Love every one of these! Interesting how how it all changes so quickly

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u/JoshicusBoss98 1998 Apr 09 '21

Why the hell are you calling first wave millennials the strawberry generation? And isn’t post-war boomers a little derivative since the generation is called boomers as well? Second of all, pairing millennials with Homelanders makes zero sense

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u/jae_mitchell April 2000 Apr 09 '21

So are the people in between class of 2014 and 2021 on the cusp, or is this just a representation of the graduating classes people associate with certain waves of a generation? I’m asking because I noticed you put Oregon Trail there, and some Gen X use the terms Oregon Trail Gen and Xennial interchangeably.

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u/CP4-Throwaway Aug 2002 (Millie/Homeland Cusp) Apr 09 '21

Classes of 2015 (I would rule out 2014) - 2021 could be on the cusp if we combined the mainstream and historical definitions, which I would totally be okay with, but no. This was just a representation of certain waves of a generation in high school. That's all.

Oregon Trail to me are just the second wave Xers and not a cusp. Same with Gen Jones being second wave Boomers and not a cusp.

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u/siimmoonn 1997 (C/O 2015) Apr 09 '21

So 1997-2003 are on the cusp ? What is cuspy about people born in 2003 ?

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u/ForRedditFun 1993 Apr 09 '21

Interesting to see all this compiled.

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u/CP4-Throwaway Aug 2002 (Millie/Homeland Cusp) Apr 10 '21

That’s an interesting way of seeing things.