The flight of the Millennials in higher education

I only knew the generation of “Boomers” in US before I read this article. The author mentioned the generation of the Silent (born 1925-1942), the Boomer (born 1943-1960), the Generation X (born 1961-1981), and the Millennial (born 1982-200X), while in China we have the generation of the “Post-50’s” (born 1950-1959), the “Post-60’s” (born 1960-1969), the “Post-70’s” (born 1970-1979), the “Post-80’s” (born 1980-1989), and the “Post-90’s” (born 1990-1999). I am a “Post-80’s” in China and it’s same with the Millennial in US.

I think we classified our generation into every 10 years, because there was a significant event happened in China in each decade. In the 50’s, it was the beginning of the People’s Republic of China established. Because of the bad weather and the wrong decisions from the government, thousands of people died of hunger. In the 60’s, China went into the chaos because of the internal strife. In the 70’s, Xiaoping Deng, one of the Chinese presidents, proposed “the reform and open-up” policy. After that, the development of China’s economy has accelerated. In the 80’s, in order to control the excessive population growth, the Chinese government proposed “the One Child” policy. In the 90’s, China founded a state for 50 years, and gained very great progress in economy.

In all of these generations, the “Post-80’s” and the “Post-90’s” get the most attention and discussion. Because of “the One Child” policy, we are the only child in our family. At first, the mainstream society believed that the “Post-80’s” are spoiled, dependent, selfish, and irresponsible. However, as time passed, we proved that we can take the responsibility of our society.

Recently, people focus more attention on the “Post-90’s”, since they will take over the “Post-80’s” in future. But most of the “Post-90’s” let people feel disappointed; they are mammonish, unfeeling, and crazy about stars. But I believe they will grow up someday like us, and make a contribution to our society.