From a Millennials Perspective

The article “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Service” by Adam Davis is an interesting piece that discusses the idea that community service/engagement should NOT be openly talked about because it takes away from the service, and steers it in an ego boosting direction.  I find the claims Davis makes as quite negative and not entirely true. Davis states, “It seems to be so clear that Service Is Good (SIG) that we do not need to question service or to talk about it; we only need to do it. It even seems that talking about service might be a problem—first, because if you’re talking about service, you might not be doing service, and second, because if you’re talking about service, you might start to wonder about its goodness”. Yes, some individuals may use community service as a way to enhance their ego among peers, but not everyone is like that! Talking about service is not a bad thing, if anything, I believe talking about service helps spread the word about the cause, espec...

Individuals may argue that social media platforms are pointless in regards to factual information, seeing as the platforms are primarily used to share status updates, selfies, food pictures, and memes. Has the use of social media introduced individuals into a new age of ignorance? An ignorance so intense that is distracting individuals from factual evidence and feeding lies in order to suppress the voice of the public? The article “The Age of Ignorance” by Charles Simic discusses the idea that ignorance is preferred in our country as opposed to intellect. According to Simic, “A truly educated populace would be bad, both for politicians and for business”. Simic argues that gullible individuals are what politicians desire, because they will be unable to distinguish lies from truth, which may sound odd but it is a very real thing. A perfect example would be last years presidential election; plenty of individuals gave into President Trump’s long list of promises, fully believing plenty of...