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This becomes especially relevant when it is noted how old someone born during that time would be. Perhaps this is because for many people, there are fewer significant events and changes in their lives after they reach adulthood where there are no grade numbers and annual class changes to mark the continued passage of years. Hearing many years have passed framed in the context of the age of a child allows you to realize how long the period really is as you recall how much had occurred in your own life and how much you had grown by the time you were that age. | This becomes especially relevant when it is noted how old someone born during that time would be. Perhaps this is because for many people, there are fewer significant events and changes in their lives after they reach adulthood where there are no grade numbers and annual class changes to mark the continued passage of years. Hearing many years have passed framed in the context of the age of a child allows you to realize how long the period really is as you recall how much had occurred in your own life and how much you had grown by the time you were that age. | ||
| β | In this case, [[Megan]] makes [[Cueball]] feel old by noting to him that the {{w|United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. presidential election}} will be the first U.S. presidential election in which there will be eligible voters who are too young to remember the {{w|September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks}}, in which hijacked airplanes crashed into the | + | In this case, [[Megan]] makes [[Cueball]] feel old by noting to him that the {{w|United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. presidential election}} will be the first U.S. presidential election in which there will be eligible voters who are too young to remember the {{w|September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks}}, in which hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania in 2001. These attacks (commonly referred to as "9/11") were, in many ways, a defining event for an entire generation of Americans. This statement is made on the basis that the eligible {{w|voting age}} in the United States (the minimum age you must be to be eligible to vote in an election) is 18 years old, which is set by the {{w|Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution}}. |
Eligible voters in this election will have been born on or before November 8, 1998. The youngest voters will therefore have been nearly three years old (two years, ten months, and three days) on September 11, 2001. Megan is presuming that children under three years old (or at least some or many of them) were either too young to retain any memories from that age, or at least were too young to appreciate the significance of the attacks such that they would be retained memories 15 years later. | Eligible voters in this election will have been born on or before November 8, 1998. The youngest voters will therefore have been nearly three years old (two years, ten months, and three days) on September 11, 2001. Megan is presuming that children under three years old (or at least some or many of them) were either too young to retain any memories from that age, or at least were too young to appreciate the significance of the attacks such that they would be retained memories 15 years later. | ||
