Generation Q Finally Will Be Heard!!
Almost a year ago I read quite an interesting article about Generation Q or “The Quiet American”. I was struck by the sheer reality of the situation that Thomas Friedman, an opinion columnist for The New York Times describes. According to Friedman, a generation of Quiet Americans known as Generation Q which makes up the population of college campuses around the country both impresses and baffles him. Friedman says he is “impressed because they are so much more optimistic and idealistic than they should be, but I baffled because they are so much less radical and politically engaged than they need to be”. While I believe this is true, I think our generation has reason to be so quiet. Our generation has only been able to (until recently) quietly pursue our idealism, but we need to do more than that in years to come. Our generation has been handed down problems ranging from the huge budget deficit to the Social Security deficit and ecological deficit. Friedman says he is baffled at ...