Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Opportunity

As I sit here on the charter bus thundering towards Washington D.C. I think I will document my first positive generational difference.  Opportunity.  Due to technology and communication there are avenues and experiences open to my generation that my father could never have even dreamed about.  For example, in Washington D.C. today I will visit with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, former attorney general Edwin Meese, two different senators, and then finish up with a dinner at the Russian Embassy commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Cosmonaut.  That is awesome!  The opportunity to meet all those people and have dinner at the Russian embassy is something my father could only have dreamed of when he was in college.  Not to mention, there are study abroad programs available for us as well.  I will be hopefully be attending Oxford University in the following spring pending my current application.  There may have been study abroad programs back in the 1970’s, but I highly doubt that they were as prominent as the ones that exist today.  It is these opportunities that will hopefully jumpstart the future leaders of our generation and save what I have already deemed a failing hopeless generation.  That is, assuming my generation takes advantage of these opportunities.  (you didn’t really think I was going to be 100% positive about my generation now did ya haha?)

1 comment:

  1. I'd like to see more about how current advances allowed you to meet everyone on your D.C. list.

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