Think about this: Everything happening in our country culturally, politically, and socially will one day be considered history to younger generations. Weird, isn't it? The presidential election, Trump's inauguration, the women's march on D.C., the legalization of gay marriage and transgender bathrooms, hate messages on social media, and even social media itself are all going to be considered historical events to our kids. It is terrifying to think that the focus of the next generation's history classes will no longer be on the Revolutionary War or the Constitution but instead, they will concentrate on analyzing violent protests, and women screaming vulgar obscenities and threatening to blow up the White House simply because they don't like our elected President.

The other day I was reading in my kinesiology textbook. I stumbled upon practically an entire chapter about ObamaCare. I thought to myself, "If the ObamaCare plan is already written about in my textbooks, I wonder what information is going to be included in newer versions of the book?" I then began thinking about all of the nonsense happening in our country and worldwide with regards to President Trump’s inauguration, and realized kids are being raised in a seriously "fallen world," and it will only become worse as the years go on. I don’t even have the space to write about our biased and politically correct history books being printed; the propaganda fed to the students of today.

Do you want to know the saddest part? People in our generation do not even know the important events that happened in history that actually made our country great. In fact, one of the most popular videos on the Internet is of a talk show host showing a picture of George Washington to citizens on the streets of New York. While some of their responses are hilarious, over half of the people could not correctly identify the picture, even when given the easiest of clues. We can draw a logical conclusion here; the next generation will not learn important history in school or from their families. It’s not so important we know what they looked like, but it is important to understand their ways of thinking, their characters, why we should, or should not, uphold their principles. The majority of the next generation is, unfortunately, hopeless with regards to knowing the important history about America, unless we make a change now.

Disrespecting the President of the United States, or many in authority, sending hate messages over social media, overreacting, and whining because we don't have the latest iPhone are all characteristics that have made my generation infamous. Honestly, let’s PULL OURSELVES TOGETHER! The next generation not only looks up to us, but they learn from us. Your kids and my kids will one day be the leaders of our nation. Let’s teach them correctly, by example, and be careful what we say and do. We, as a nation, have the power to rise above our innate, sinful tendencies to lash out irrationally. We must exercise some self-control and a sense of decency and not allow temporary emotions to become someone else's permanent history.