Class of 2000 Topeka, Kan., area students talk about the upcoming millennium. There is a great deal of hype these days about the year 2000, the coming of the new millennium and the future of the upcoming generations. Pessimists seem to believe that the year 2000 will bring nothing but devastating events, and they spend all of their time worrying. In this day and age it is hard to keep a positive outlook sometimes. Anybody can open up a newspaper or turn on a television to hear of children killing each other in school, or discover that the leader of our United States is involved in one of the biggest scandals in history.
Pessimists also wonder who the future generations are going to look up to.
What I find amusing about all of this is that people horrified about the future are all of a sudden looking toward my class, the class of 2000, for answers. Even optimists, who believe the future will bring a stable economy, better technological advances, more humanitarianism and less violence, look toward the class of 2000 to accomplish all of this. It seems they want these things, but they have given up on pursuing that reality themselves. Our generation of young adults will lead the new generation into the next millennium, but nobody can expect us to change everything. Instead of worrying about what will become of the world in the future, people of all ages should resolve to make optimistic choices each and every day.