Everyone loves to hate millennials, but aside from the preconceived judgments, they deserve more recognition than animosity. Not all millennials are lazy, entitled slackers who are ruining the world; a lot of them have ambition, optimism and a real desire to make a difference.

In all fairness, would you come down so hard on Ben Franklin for not figuring out his key and kite electricity thing until he was 46?

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Scroll through the gallery to see which common misconceptions these millennials triumph over on a regular basis.

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