Show Kandy earning her education which she has done well so far She graduated in 2001 as Logan High School’s valedictorian Baby boomers began attending college in large numbers puttiqg a new emphasis on higher education that continues to make a degree more important for each generation They also raised the bar in youthful rebellion Ttygstad said hers was the last sex drugs and rock and roll generation but Brandy qualifies that designation with a look back to a safer time: They were the last ones who could do those things and live through it Brandy said Each generation seems to push the envelope a little more and with each generation what used to be good dean fun has become more and more dangerous even While Trygstad’s generation broke many molds and changed the world’s expectations in many ways they tried not to drift too far For example they didn’t get married as soon as they graduated from high school as many of their parents had but eventually having a family was still a primary goal for diem Her generation may have had the ‘60s and a loosening of morality but nobody wanted to be “the bad girl” When Ttygstad was in junior high school female students were first allowed to wear pants to school on Friday but no jeans were allowed Eventually they could wear jeans but not if they had holes in diem And families still dressed up in their nicest clothes to go out to dinner she said and fast food was not yet a staple Kennedy was Ttygstad’s president When Presidential Candidate John F Kennedy visited Las fegas her father worked security for die event and Ttygstad begged to go to work with him that day But it wasn’t so much JFK that die young girl wanted to see as it was Jacqueline Kennedy — the first strong woman presence she remembers being aware Jf Trygstad idolized her so much she even had the “Jackie O Barbie Doll” with the bubble-cut hairdo she said I flier it was Nixon She remembers attending Mesa Junior College when students cried out for President Richard M Nixon's impeachment But it was difficult for the daughter of a Navy man who lived in military housing to actively participate in die protests of die day While students were declaring the injustices of die Vietnam War her father was serving two tours of duty over a period of years in the South China Sea Baby boomers Trygstad said and Tiygstad said she often on set a goal and doesn’t stop her sight gets or turn aside until she achieves it Brandy said her mother's generation is cynical and her mother’s drive confirms that They believe the world isn’t just going to hand everything to them and they have to work for whatever they want In a way that’s cynical Brandy said goal-orient- ed C3iEDteQ32D(b5CfflD dEJ2&COfflffli2® u o c r itfSv IW ’ snw bn 'www'n ixonlcom mi II iRWllfo C - 4tM ? Iflmicnii) KEKfe ' ‘ fcllSl ll" I (HnWlriMbfi Willi IUM MfC sftu At felflto agmrirwmtHiwaiWim X IStilt Efcjstgjd a- 5 sTn- Hi (s at' fed feTinjpi I ' - |