One of my fellow bloggers just posted a rather disheartening entry about apathetic teenagers. No doubt, there are unfortunately a number of apathetic teenagers who will, more than likely, grow up to be apathetic adults. But I feel obligated to post my own entry in order to point out that not all teenagers fit into this mold. My youngest cousin, Jamie, and her friends get together to go shopping, see movies, go to the high school football games, and...watch the presidential debates. In fact, Jamie has been volunteering for her local Obama campaign. The last time we spoke, she had registered 14 people to vote, despite the fact that she can not vote herself.
I am totally impressed. When I was her age (1994):
- NAFTA was signed
- Loraina Bobbit was found not guilty for her insane act
- Tonya Harding's ex-husband pleaded guilty for his insane act
- The Rwanda genocide began
- Ronald Regan announced that he had Alzheimers disease
- Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered
I was aware of each of these events as a teenager - because they were all skits on Saturday Night Live. I guess there is some hope for the apathetic teenagers of the world after all.
