OP-ED: The roaring 20s

Why do we attach so much importance to this decade of our lives?
Back when I was a child, there used to be something different about Thursdays. 

I was in high school, so it would be a while before school would end. On Thursdays though, school would break after just a couple of classes following lunch. There would be a festive atmosphere all around. So much so that towards the end of high school, the final few periods on Thursdays would generally be the time when people would sneak up to the classes that had already broken up and watch *ahem* educational content on their phones.