"This place is perfect for you Millennials!"

"Oh, I'm sure you Millennials love this.."

"Only Millennials like this."

"We have to change our work systems according to the millennials rising up."

Get the picture?

In today's world, we seemed to be hung up on labels. You're a democrat, you're a republican, you're a millennial, you're generation X or the baby boomers. You're a wizard Harry!! We take pride in what we are, most of the time we are more concerned on what we are than who. We use our labels to our advantage. We expect people to know things about us based on our labels. For instance, being a millennial, we are usually more tech savvy than any other generation. Therefore, we automatically believe that grandpa can't possibly know his phone better than we know ours, and most of the time we're probably right. We are almost offended when we are not asked to help someone with their electronic. And the list goes on...

I for one, am tired of being a millennial. Because with being a millennial I am constantly labeled as lazy, entitled and essentially "no good for jobs these days." While applying for internships I have found that employers either want to fill their offices with millennials or they want nothing to do with them at all.

Isn't it sad that we have drug our generation's name and stereotype completely through the mud? We have ruined our name because we are too entitled and lazy to get off our butts and work for something we want. It's hard for me because I was raised by two non-millennials. Who taught me the value of having a healthy work ethic, a sense of establishment and a humble mind to keep me going. "Nothing will ever be handed to you on a silver platter Hannah." My dad used to tell me this all the time. In life, nothing is free. Even the "free" isn't free.

So what is it that makes us this way? Are we born with this sense of entitlement? Or is it formed? Is it nature? Or is it nurture? I am a millennial and I for one am so tired of that label. I am tired of being lumped in with the rest of the generation. It's like saying "All republicans are white, redneck, gun-loving-men." or "All democrats are Pro-choice, dumb and rude." It's not morally right, and it certainly isn't true. We've decided due to a collection of people that all of those people within that collection must all think, act and be the same way. When this is almost never the case.

I am a millennial. I am someone who takes pride in their work, someone who doesn't expect to be handed something on a platter of any color, and a person who will do whatever job I am given with excellence. I am not lazy, I actually work better when I am busy, and I certainly do not believe that just because I may know more technological things than the generations before me, does not make me any smarter than anyone else in the room. I am a millennial and I am tired of being judged based on this stereotype.

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