As I begin to blend in deeper and deeper into the atmosphere
of being a college student, I tend to notice something that has changed within our
generation. We don’t argue like our ancestors used too. We lack confidence and
courage to speak our mind or opinion on certain topics that we deal within our
culture and daily lives.
First and foremost, I can start off
by saying that the English class I am in now provokes us to argue
every Thursday during fight club. I do have other classes that do this as well
like my Theology class. Although it pushes more towards religious perspective,
we still study and argue the philosophical stand views on many issues that deal
with religious and non religious views, one thing I don’t like about it is it
at the end of an argument we are sort of forced to accept one point of view,
and that is the religious (Christian) point of you. Another class I really
enjoy is my Ethics course. This class questions many moral aspects and cultural
problems we deal with on a daily bases. The class pushes us to interact with
different people by impelling us to get out of our comfort zone. When a topic
comes up about different cultural backgrounds or racial issues most people tend
to stay quiet in fear of offending someone or because they’re uncomfortable
with the topic. This class is really about saying what comes to mind and
expressing your opinion about certain aspects of life without being rude or
hurting anyone. I can say that this generation has changed dramatically compared to students in the 70’s or 60’s. When an issue bothered them they used
to protest together peacefully as a whole and express their opinions broadly
until their voices were heard. Nowadays many of us tend to sit back and go with
the flow. Especially when it comes to certain topics such as racism or discrimination.
We think to ourselves “How can my voice be heard?” or “Who am I?” “I am just a
college student”. But if we really look around ourselves and interact with our
peers amongst us, we will see that many of us have similar views. Even if you do
not share similar opinions with people it is good to argue and exchange
thoughts. We need to find the urge to argue and express ourselves for who we are and make something out of our generation the same as our grandparents did. We need to build our confidence and courage to speak and do what is right. Bring back the people our grandparents and parents used to
be. It’s what makes the world easier to understand and much more simpler to
argue and exchange our opinions when it comes to expressing ourselves.
I agree with your statement, we are a generation that tends give into the bliss of ignorance. But as a generation we do tend to try and get our voices heard through different platforms of media. But arguing should be encouraged more to help promote our critical thinking.
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