We are a generation unlike any other. We have been raised to use technology, even to depend on it, and definitely to keep up with its advances. We've been raised in a society (at least outside of Oklahoma) that encourages tolerance, political correctness or "sensitivity", we are encouraged to stand up and speak for ourselves and to come together in ideas to make a difference. Our generation was raised by another great generation..in 1964 our parents, at the around the age of 17 were the largest part of the population..We would not be what we are if our parent's had not been the ones protesting Vietnam and taking freedom rides into the south, risking lives for equality with the SDS and the ones taking part in the counter culture. As much of a basic idea as it is, the ideal of "Peace" and "Free Love" that our parents tried to convey has succeeded in our generation. Yes, we are in the middle of a war...but is OUR generation happy about that? Did we not bring the first black president into office, a democrat who promises to "bring our boys home". Are we not another generation that our elders call "no good" and have no faith in? Ironically, these elders are the ones who brought forth the liberal ideals...and now they complain.

But, point is...I hope that my generation is a memorable one. We are the ones who will be faced with a legacy of debt that has effected social security, and we are the ones who have to support the baby boomers who have been paying ss their whole lives. We are also faces with the environmental issues and are responsible for finding new recources and stopping the waste of our country. We may quite literally have to "save the world."

So I wonder what advances..moral, political, and environmental we will have impressed upon the next generation?