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Show From The only letter you actually want to write.. Share your opinion with The Daily Utah Chronicle! Write a letter to the editor at letters@chronicle.utah.edu JUL The choice is yours. 3,000 jobs in more than 60 countries. APPLY TODAY! MILLENIALS page 11 interact and even completely socially function without ever leaving our homes. We were raised in a world of excess and an increasing ability to turn largely superficial individual wants into functional commonplace or even perceived necessity (I'm talking to all of you who waited in line to buy the iPhone 6 on the first day it came out). We were raised to believe that we could be anything we wanted, and that the most important achievement in life is to be happy. Meanwhile in America, the structures and quality of public education systems were diminishing, and we had the luxury of choosing not to emphasize things like math, science and computer technology. Now everyone is a psychology major in a highly competitive and globally evolving job market, with ambitions of somehow becoming famous as a career. In lieu of this, it's alarming to think that a majority of millennials have already either completed their stint in the education system or are pursuing their social sciences degrees as we speak, and there's really nothing we can do to alter the quality and type of skills possessed by this group of people. It seems like we're floundering and will eventually sink because we won't be able to compensate if things get harder. But we can reconcile the ambiguity of our future by looking at the past. Sure, generations in the recent past were better able to address and inherit the position of societal hegemony. But consider the generation who inherited post-Nazi Germany, or those in the Reconstruction Era, even those who inhabited 17th century France where the streets were literally lined with human waste and garbage and most of the dominant generation was not even literate. These generations have always found a way to survive — often even to thrive. We may not be able to predict and adjust for future circumstance, but this generation — like those before it — will find a way to endure. letters@chronicle.utah.edu .,-. Follow us on Twitter! Peace Corps Information Table tw a tor. cotniTheauto- Learn how you can make a difference overseas. Meet Utah recruiter, Steve Price, Friday, October 10, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Olpin University Union Downstairs. www.peacecorps.gov/apply I 855.855.1961 I sprice@peacecorps.gov ABRAVANEL HALL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 7:00PM STUDENTS SAVE $6! USE PROMO CODE: SAVE LECRAEANGMALY TOUR TRAPLcFAr LEE I I Oj PROMOTE CHARGE-BY-PHONE: 301-355-ARTS OR 088-451-ARTS TICKET OUTLETS: ALL ARTTIX TICKET OFFICE LOCATIONS ONLINE SALES: NWW.PREMIERPRODUCTIONS.COM |