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Hope for Generation Y?
Palantirion
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The following is from an email I recently recieved from my younger brother who is spending this semester studying abroad in Spain. This gave me hope that not all young Americans are losing sight of the lessons of history, and I thought I'd share it with the rest of you.
"I have now officially had all 5 of my classes (though still hoping to add a 6th, more on that later). They don't look too bad. I have 2 8 page papers, 1 3 page paper, tests, midterms and a map to draw of the route to Santiago (look it up in a book, or ask Heather). Work yes, but nothing too killer. My History of Spain/Portugal looks really cool, and I think the professor likes me; she is going to bring me a list of classes she recommends that I take. The most irritating thing so far has been in my Prose of the Siglo de Oro class as the professor tried to give a 1 hour 40 presentation of the Middle Ages (a term I dislike a bit, guesses as to where it came from?) and simply generalized everything and displeased me--to say that "towns were born in the Middle Ages" says almost nothing...yeah, and democracy in England. To to generalize about a 1000 year period of history that unfolded over an entire continent is simply silly. Same goes for other topics. But the books look good. As does my Spanish Civil War class.
I've gotten a few answers about a name for my generation (and 1 about heros), the most popular being Generation Y (1977-1995)(since it follows X, lame), but I found a site all about it: http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~eyc345/final.html. As for heros, well,
I can't think of any currently living, though that's understandable as it's a young generation. And we have no wars--unless people my age suddenly take a great interest in terrorism--nor writers, poets, leaders...but then again, I guess few generations look to their own. I'd nominate Michael Collins (tenacity, and dying for one's cause [ditto myartrs]), Dwight D. Eisenhower (patients, courage, and the ability to send so many to their deaths for a cause), Erwin Rommel (believing in a cause (nationalism; his country), not believing in another (nazism) and dying for it), George Washington (for knowing when to give up power) and Charles Stuart Mckenzie, Seaforth Highlanders (actually taken from a CD I have, but still accurate; he died in WWI, and he helped give me the privilege to live in the world I do)--there are many more, but I simply can't think of them right now (5 hours of class, and 4 of those straight).
Oh, a note on that, I'm sick of people in my group complaining about every little thing... they don't like the amount of time we have at some site, or the bus ride, or....whatever, they just moan and groan and complain about every little thing, as if it's the worst thing suffered by anyone ever (you all know what I'm talking about, right?). I keep wanting to tell them that neither they, nor I, have any idea what suffering really is: I've never gone to bed hungry; never been told to leave or beaten or killed because of the color of my skin or because of my religion; I've never been handed a telegram that says my sons/brothers are dead in some place I can't even find on a map; never been homeless; I don't have to fear measels; nor the evils in the forest; nor are my friends and family ravaged by despots; I have never gone to war, nor has anyone I know; I have not held my best friend as his life spills out of a hole in his chest; etc. And these people complain about how hard things are because of school or someting similar. I do not this point of view. But I guess that's clear enough.
Well, I can't end on that note. This weekend I hope to got Madrid or Santigo de Compostela (I just found out that the catherdral itself is romanesque, which is a style I just love). And I still plan to get up North, and to Barcelona. Real Madrid plays tonight, and I plan to watch it. Well, that's it for now."
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"Live by the three 'R's: Respect, Responsibility and Residuals."
"I have now officially had all 5 of my classes (though still hoping to add a 6th, more on that later). They don't look too bad. I have 2 8 page papers, 1 3 page paper, tests, midterms and a map to draw of the route to Santiago (look it up in a book, or ask Heather). Work yes, but nothing too killer. My History of Spain/Portugal looks really cool, and I think the professor likes me; she is going to bring me a list of classes she recommends that I take. The most irritating thing so far has been in my Prose of the Siglo de Oro class as the professor tried to give a 1 hour 40 presentation of the Middle Ages (a term I dislike a bit, guesses as to where it came from?) and simply generalized everything and displeased me--to say that "towns were born in the Middle Ages" says almost nothing...yeah, and democracy in England. To to generalize about a 1000 year period of history that unfolded over an entire continent is simply silly. Same goes for other topics. But the books look good. As does my Spanish Civil War class.
I've gotten a few answers about a name for my generation (and 1 about heros), the most popular being Generation Y (1977-1995)(since it follows X, lame), but I found a site all about it: http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~eyc345/final.html. As for heros, well,
I can't think of any currently living, though that's understandable as it's a young generation. And we have no wars--unless people my age suddenly take a great interest in terrorism--nor writers, poets, leaders...but then again, I guess few generations look to their own. I'd nominate Michael Collins (tenacity, and dying for one's cause [ditto myartrs]), Dwight D. Eisenhower (patients, courage, and the ability to send so many to their deaths for a cause), Erwin Rommel (believing in a cause (nationalism; his country), not believing in another (nazism) and dying for it), George Washington (for knowing when to give up power) and Charles Stuart Mckenzie, Seaforth Highlanders (actually taken from a CD I have, but still accurate; he died in WWI, and he helped give me the privilege to live in the world I do)--there are many more, but I simply can't think of them right now (5 hours of class, and 4 of those straight).
Oh, a note on that, I'm sick of people in my group complaining about every little thing... they don't like the amount of time we have at some site, or the bus ride, or....whatever, they just moan and groan and complain about every little thing, as if it's the worst thing suffered by anyone ever (you all know what I'm talking about, right?). I keep wanting to tell them that neither they, nor I, have any idea what suffering really is: I've never gone to bed hungry; never been told to leave or beaten or killed because of the color of my skin or because of my religion; I've never been handed a telegram that says my sons/brothers are dead in some place I can't even find on a map; never been homeless; I don't have to fear measels; nor the evils in the forest; nor are my friends and family ravaged by despots; I have never gone to war, nor has anyone I know; I have not held my best friend as his life spills out of a hole in his chest; etc. And these people complain about how hard things are because of school or someting similar. I do not this point of view. But I guess that's clear enough.
Well, I can't end on that note. This weekend I hope to got Madrid or Santigo de Compostela (I just found out that the catherdral itself is romanesque, which is a style I just love). And I still plan to get up North, and to Barcelona. Real Madrid plays tonight, and I plan to watch it. Well, that's it for now."
www.ebsart.com
"Live by the three 'R's: Respect, Responsibility and Residuals."
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