Apathy Articles

Apathy is definitely a problem in our generation. I agree with Jordan Jesse.  Speaking up about certain issues is just not ont he top of our to do list.  Students are too busy working to stay in school or working on school work alone.  I know I do not have time for a job up here at school.  I am doing hours of homework everynight just to stay caught up.  I fall into the same category as most college students, procrastinators.  We may have strong opinions about a certain issue that maybe we voice to our friends over lunch and mean to do something about it but with all of our other work, it just gets shoved aside and is no longer a priority.  I also tend to not deal with things until they affect me directly.  Maybe these issues affecting us directly is just the kick in ass that we need.  Until then, all we can really do is advocate that our voices need to heard and accounted for.  Another reason, as selfish as it may sound is we often think that problems in other countries are “not our problems”.  We are ignorant in the fact that we do not see how these problems could affect us indirectly.  And we do not do anything until it is attacking the homefront.  Then we run around all up in arms that we did not do something earlier.  Time and time again this happens.  Maybe one day we will learn.