I was born in 1951. From my viewpoint, the transition to the 60s was gradual until it wasn't, and by the mid 60s the world had changed. We had a music revolution, a cultural revolution, and an anti-war movement, all in the last half of the decade. The 70s were OK, from my perspective, as were the 80s. By 1975 the Vietnam war was finally over. Regan became president in a landslide in the early 80s and around that same time the computer revolution began. I'm not sure what decade I'd choose if I had to do it over. For me, they were all good, but with differences. You can't really knock the 80s. At age 16, I was in an all boys prep school, I had a shiny red sports car and no adult supervision, to speak of. I had fun. I never made any effort to excel in school, although that didn't really hurt me at all, because I could always ace standardized tests. I ended up being in school for almost 20 years, after which I worked for 20 years, on and off, and then retired early. I feel sorry for kids growing up today. They seem to have bigger problems to deal with than I ever did.
