Which adult descriptions of your generation, if any, seem particularly apt or true, and which seem unfair, incomplete or wrong? why? in your opinion, do the two articles contradict each other in describing your generation? what’s missing? what are some things you know or have observed about people your age that you think adults often ignore or misunderstand? in general, how much does when you’re born shape who you are? how do you think people your age have been affected by the events, technology and culture of the years in which you’ve grown up? how do you think other generations are different from yours? why? how do you think it is easier to be a teenager today than it was, say, 50 years ago? harder? in what ways do you think it’s the same? what do you think about articles like these in general? to what extent do you think it is fair, meaningful, useful or even possible to characterize an entire generation? what are the implications of being characterized this way? why do media portrayals of your generation matter? for example, do you think they affect what products are marketed to you? how your teachers and parents relate to you? how employers now or in the future might think of you? why or why not?