{"id":2181,"date":"2014-12-08T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T01:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakeupunclesam.wordpress.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-12-08T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T01:32:22","slug":"our-generation-is-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/2014\/12\/08\/our-generation-is-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Generation is Scared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days, I have been at it again talking to people around campus. \u00a0However, this time around, it did not go as smoothly as the last time, where I conducted a mini-study. \u00a0My goal was to add some student perspective\u00a0to my airstrike podcast I produced last week, but I ran into a little trouble because literally no one wanted to talk to me. \u00a0I do not know if it had something to do with the cold weather or if it is because of finals week, but do people really not care about what our country is up to these days?<\/p>\n<p>We are so caught up in our daily lives here in the United States that we forget there are world changing events going on outside of our little bubbles we live in, which is what causes productions of videos like this&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='676' height='411' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yRZZpk_9k8E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ok I understand this video might be a bit exaggerated and many who knew the answers were probably edited out to prove a point, but not knowing who the vice president of the United States is? I always say we are the next in line to take over this country and knowing political officials are extremely important. \u00a0We have a privilege to vote for our government officials here in the United States, which means WE determine who and what is best for this country. \u00a0The decisions they make affect ALL of us in some way. \u00a0Also, the Civil War answers were outrageous, especially of those students who were of African-American descent. \u00a0The Civil War was a pivotal moment in their history in the United States and they do not know anything about it?<\/p>\n<p>This next one&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='676' height='411' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4V4bmm6yJMw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I realize the holocaust was a little more than half a century ago, but the moral of the story is that history teaches us lessons. \u00a0I honestly feel sorry for these students because sometime in their past, someone obviously did not take the time and explain history to them. \u00a0The scary aspect of this part in history is that genocide, such as the holocaust, is still occurring today around the globe. \u00a0We as a generation have to learn to really appreciate the lives we are given here in America no matter how stressed or angry we get with school or other things. \u00a0People are age in other parts of the world would die for our opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile as we get ready for the holidays\u00a0and study for finals&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/diary\/matthewclark\/2014\/12\/08\/isis-reportedly-beheads-four-christian-children-iraq-refusing-convert-islam\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/diary\/matthewclark\/2014\/12\/08\/isis-reportedly-beheads-four-christian-children-iraq-refusing-convert-islam\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever since I started this blog and started talking to people around my campus, I have moved past the idea that citizens of my generation do not know what is going on, but they have moved to not wanting to talk about things, such as terrorism, economic issues, or any political issues.\u00a0 Why? \u00a0We do not like talking about these things because they make us uncomfortable or nervous and no one likes that. \u00a0Americans live in a society where the United States is invincible and nothing in the outside world affects us. \u00a0People know about ISIS, but do not care because it is not a PERSONAL threat. \u00a0We only want to talk about the positive things and avoid anything negative. \u00a0What happened to the old days where the citizens called for action? \u00a0Think about it. \u00a0Again, wake up America!!<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/wakeupunclesam.wordpress.com\/37\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/wakeupunclesam.wordpress.com\/37\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=wakeupunclesam.wordpress.com&#038;blog=75367256&#038;%23038;post=37&#038;%23038;subd=wakeupunclesam&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days, I have been at it again talking to people around campus. &nbsp;However, this time around, it did not go as smoothly as the last time, where I conducted a mini-study. &nbsp;My goal was to add some student perspective&nbsp;to my airstrike podcast I produced last week, but I ran into a [&hellip;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=wakeupunclesam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=75367256&amp;post=37&amp;subd=wakeupunclesam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/2014\/12\/08\/our-generation-is-scared\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2315,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"uncategorized","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[109702],"tags":[109703],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-uncategorized","hentry","category-student-blog-project-2014","tag-syndicated","post_format-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}