Change over Time

So today, we read a list of mindsets that the students at Beloit passed on for the class of 2013. And it got me thinking. The older generation always makes fun of the younger generation for not knowing what an important piece of technology is, or for being impatient at machines that used to seem lightning fast. But soon, WE will be the older generation. The the young'uns will astound us with what they do and don't know. It's sad, but it's life. I'm not entirely sure if it's progress or regress (is that a word?). It's horrid that people would rather text than call or keep their plans and meet for real, but it's good that boundaries of race, religion, and ethnicity are being broken and that it will be hard to remember a time before recycling and hybrid cars. It makes me wonder what we're in for. What's the future got in store? And it makes me shocked at what my parents think is unusual. Whenever I wear shorts to school, my mom asks me if I'm sure the dress code allows it. Of course it allows it, we live in the 21st century and I go to an American public school. But obviously her school was very different.
Hopefully the future holds more equality, more greenness, more openness, but most of all, more real social interaction. It does not do to be used to an interracial government but to treat the people around you like nothing.