02-02-2021, 06:04 PM
(02-01-2021, 04:25 AM)nguyenivy Wrote: Will the shared experience of being in school & university during the pandemic forcing the switchover to online ed by a generational marker? It seems to match up pretty well as a defining characteristic, so the generation would have birth years around 1998 - 2016 which cuts into the S-H Millennial birth years a bit, with the oldest finishing university about now and the youngest having been in their first year of school last spring when everything switched, and people born after 2016 not remembering either Trump or pandemic (assuming the pandemic ends soon). Given how long this has gone on for, it may make a huge impact down the line, especially with all the resumption & closures going on every so many months. There is bound to be a lot of anxiety around this unstable life from such a young age.
If you use a 1998 start date (or late 1997-mid 1998 or HS C/O 2016), the oldest would have actually finished university last year.
I think the "end of Z" really depends on when this pandemic ends.
Ends in 2020-2021 school year? 2015 end date
Ends in 2021-2022 school year? 2016 end date
Ends in 2022-2023 school year? 2017 end date