Semester Reflection, Part 2

What is the greatest challenge facing your generation? What will be necessary to address it?

Well, other than the fact that my generation is losing it’s history and culture, I feel that the biggest challenge is the state of the environment and economy.  Now not only is unemployment going up with inflation, but also we’re running out of potable water, global warming, and now the oil spill which will have very lengthy long term affects on the world.  So my concerns mainly lie within the environment.

What in the world do you care about and what are you doing about it?

I have a passion for contemporary art, it’s a possibility for me to earn a curatorial degree and get a job at MCASD, but right now I care extremely for the respect and reputation of contemporary art; every time I talk about working at MCASD people insult contemporary art.  I hate this argument so much that I literally wrote my Ampersand article about it.

What is a quality in a classmate that you would like to develop in yourself?

I see school as a competition, always have.  I see my strengths as a student and that I should keep them to myself because when college application time comes I want the highest GPA and highest everything.  I don’t want to look at school this way.  This is a quality of mine that I would like to remove. 

Beyond grades, what motivates you to work hard at school?

My future; I am constantly motivated to do my best because I really feel that my future will be much better if I work extremely well now in my life.  Whether it be try hardest to learn the most to be a more intelligent global citizen, or be a nicer person to be an overall better person.