October 24, 2007
3-8-6 Generation
I had lunch today with two Korean American academic colleagues. HTC is a Korean language/linguistics instructor at the University and EBL is a good friend and also a professor of creative writing at Metro State in St. Paul. I must say that it was really nice to share a meal with Korean American colleagues (i.e., lunch with more than just one other person). I think it was a first for me in all my years teaching! Amazing.
I also learned that I am a part of the 3-8-6 generation. This is a phrase used among Koreans in Korea to describe the cohort of people who are in their 30s, grew up in the 1980s, and were born in the 1960s. It also reflects the era of the Intel 386 processor for PC computers which debuted in 1986. I distinctly remember borrowing my college roommates PC laptop in 1986 to write my term papers using WordPerfect software. Wow, that really dates me!
Posted by richlee at October 24, 2007 04:48 PM