Talking about my generation....? What generation!
I am supposed to write a paper about my generation. Hell, I know my generation no better than I know calculus. I never studied either and never felt that either ever really wanted me to study or be a part of what they had to offer. Besides, I spent too much of my teens and twenties under the influence of any number of drugs and drinking whichever bottle of alcohol was available at the time. How do I amend this situation? How do I write a paper about my generation?
The assignment makes sense for the 19 and 20 year olds I attend college with: they will learn about one another. This class and some of the assignments discourage me and make me feel more and more disconnected from this privileged group of kids with whom I attend school. Some days I think it was a mistake coming to this pricey college simply because they offered to pay for my entire college education. Were they just using me to fulfill a numerical role? Did I complete the requirements for the college to appear diverse? Am I just the older woman in the classroom?
Lately that is how I feel, but only in this one class. At times I think my views are entirely off kilter with the thoughts and directions of this younger generation. Perhaps that is the problem. Perhaps my generation is the one that was lost. Does anyone out there know where they are? What are they doing? Are they changing the world? Are they conquering the universe? Where or where has my little generation gone? Where or where could they be? The children born in the seventies...it's not difficult to imagine they are stumbling around in an alternative universe like me. After all, it was the seventies.
The assignment makes sense for the 19 and 20 year olds I attend college with: they will learn about one another. This class and some of the assignments discourage me and make me feel more and more disconnected from this privileged group of kids with whom I attend school. Some days I think it was a mistake coming to this pricey college simply because they offered to pay for my entire college education. Were they just using me to fulfill a numerical role? Did I complete the requirements for the college to appear diverse? Am I just the older woman in the classroom?
Lately that is how I feel, but only in this one class. At times I think my views are entirely off kilter with the thoughts and directions of this younger generation. Perhaps that is the problem. Perhaps my generation is the one that was lost. Does anyone out there know where they are? What are they doing? Are they changing the world? Are they conquering the universe? Where or where has my little generation gone? Where or where could they be? The children born in the seventies...it's not difficult to imagine they are stumbling around in an alternative universe like me. After all, it was the seventies.