<p>So one of my essay topics was: Discuss some issue of local, national or international concern and its importance to you.</p>
<p>I wrote an essay but am completely unsure of it. I feel like it doesnt quite come together or even if it answers the question effectively. If anybody could read it and offer any kind of constructive feedback, I would be forever grateful.</p>
<p>Here it is:</p>
<p>The Gold Room is a closet inside my school that holds everything from hot glue guns, to extra drum sets, to old cap and gowns acquired through the years, to props from old shows that my school has put on. It also inhabits dozens of old yearbooks. I yearn for the times my teacher gives me the key to the room and asks me to go look for something. My mission is always to find the oldest yearbook possible and marvel at how much things have changed.
One day, I was asked to go find some old fabric and handed the ironic, silver key to the Gold Room. I climbed on top the old boxes and found the yearbook of the 1960 graduating class. Looking through, I couldnt help but be hit with a feeling of distress. Everyone seemed to be perfect. Boys were dressed in nice shirts and some, in ties. Girls wore nice dresses, with appropriate length. The Honor Society was more than 3 times the size it is now. Everybody had their ambitions written under their pictures. How awful my generation seemed in comparison to this one.
In a generation filled with lethargic kids addicted to facebook, television, and smart phones, I find myself disappointed. I looked at the most recent yearbook and compared the size of the Honor society. It was almost 3 times smaller than that of the 1960s. Where has the ambition to do well in school gone? By modern standards, the nerdy overachieving kid is the kid who does exactly what is expected of him/her. By the standards of previous generations, they would be exactly what they are: kids who do what they have to do.
Walking through the halls, its tiring to see the things I see. Girls walk around in clothes that cover up no more than two Doritos and a band-aid would. Boys walk around with their pants belted at their ankles, because G-d forbid, their jeans fall from that appropriate spot. More and more kids ditch school or try to weasel their ways out of going to class. Understandably, every school from every point in time has had kids who cause trouble. But even looking at my friends, who are considered to be good kids, I am frustrated. Most of my friends are more concerned with what parties are going to be taking place that weekend, or how early they can get out of school. Dont get me wrong, I am all for having fun. But priorities need to be set. It seems this has been lost over the years.
The loss of morality in people seems to be an issue in my life that constantly rears its ugly head. I often repress it, attributing it to the constantly changing times of the world. But this issue cannot be repressed because this issue leads to others that are far more prevalent. Raising kids, teenagers and young adults that lose sense of right and wrong, breeds a generation of people who do no good. Some of these kids go through life with a sense of mediocrity. But some go on to become criminals. If we attribute the attitudes of these kids as immature while theyre in school, how do we expect them to be different once they grow up? Once again, in every yearbook, you can point out kids who were up to no good. But this number of kids exponentially grows with every year. Morality is becoming an endangered species. Once it becomes extinct, well be in for a world of trouble.</p>