The Wisdom of Garth Algar
As it turns out, people my age fear change much more than our seemingly entrenched Baby Boomer parents and Children of the Depression/WWII grandparents.
Facebook got a facelift. Several million high school and college-aged kids freaked out.
I could give you a synopsis of the (mostly minor) changes that happened at camp this summer and tell you how counselors (especially myself) reacted. Honestly, though, you can probably do the math.
The trouble is, people see us supporting Obama, or listening to, well, whatever it is folks my age listen to, or programming our parents' Tivos, and they assume that we're all about change. The wave of the future, man.
When it comes to things that actually affect our lives, though, we want to beat whatever change it is that comes creeping toward us with a hammer until it stops moving and we're confident it won't reanimate.
This is something important to consider if you're one of those poor sods ministering to us, leading us, or, really, interacting with us at all.
2 comments:
Oh, and, quite frankly, we're right to fear it. Every time there's a new policy at school, it sucks. Every time there's a new law made concerning us twenty-whatevers, it sucks. If we get a letter from our bank, insurance, or utilities company, it's talking about how we owe them more. Every time some cool little piece of technology comes out (Napster, Kazaa), it gets besmirched by the big boys (iTunes).
Agreed x 1000! It's scary to think that we are going to have to support ourselves in the world in it's current state and to think that there is potential that it could get worse is pretty frightening. On the other hand, I think that some of our generation that is more progressive is welcoming some big changes such as being greener, giving up our large gas guzzling cars, and trying to stamp out hunger and oppression (and racism and homophobia). It is still true that when we look into our own lives, things look a lot scarier.
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