What Will Be The Name?

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“Attack on America” “World War III” These may seem unbelievable, but they are only two of the real life events thundering into the minds of many. Although I am not a fortune teller, I’m still able to voice my opinion.

So far we’ve lived through the age of innocence, next was the age of experience.
What is next? My assignment is to name the age of what the last twenty years of the century will be called. The age of loving to hate sounds good to me.

In today’s society our language is vulgar. Not as if to say we’re the only generation that says bad words, I just think that today we use bad words as common language. Men have less respect for women then before. Women are having kids without being married at young ages.

There was a time when you could walk down the streets safely, leave your front doors unlocked and trust your house to be in good shape the next morning. You pretty much have to be aware of everything these days . It’s almost impossible for us to get along in the world today. The terrorist attacks are showing that world peace will never take place. As a teenager it makes me not want to have children of my own, afraid of what disaster I’m bringing them into.

We all pretty much still engage in the same entertainment as before. The only difference might be that technology is way better. The rides and rollercoasters are

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