Rant Reflection

The way I chose to share my rant to an audience seems the most fitting because it shows the people my age hard facts about what their priorities are. I understand that the younger generation is not interested in heavily consuming themselves with the news, but serious, major problems should be something they should be aware and knowledgable of. Comparing and contrasting the two tests would reveal the ideas and facts that I need to speak about to the class I gave the quizzes to. My rant or theory does not pertain to every single person my age. I know that there are a lot of people educated on the situations in Iraq and Syria, but the amount of people that are not or have yet to hear about it is what frightens me. Getting these facts out to the students at my old high school might be able to raise awareness. They could go back onto their own social media accounts and post something about what they learned. That could potentially start a trend and get more young people talking about ISIS. Overall, I think they have the capability to make many different changes as long as they are aware and informed.

Secondly, the tweet I sent out applies to what I stated about the student's social media sites as well. After I posted that tweet I had people responding and agreeing with what I said. I had people that don't follow me retweeting and favoriting what I wrote. My tweet did not go viral, unlike most irrelevant and meaningless tweets do. However, it did catch the attention of almost twenty people. If someone else shares the same opinion I have, then it must be a problem that I am not the only one noticing. Twitter has become a huge part of everyday life for the younger generation, including myself. I am on twitter every single day, whether I am posting a tweet or reading others, I am still on the app and getting notifications from other people. Rarely do I ever see anything on my timeline about serious dilemmas the world is facing or anything regarding politics. This is the exact issue I am trying to bring out of the dark.

The video and article that I posted did not change my feelings or shed a new light on the problem, it just verified everything that I believed to be true. The article influenced me to create and submit a tweet about it. Since I only have a personal twitter account I wanted to see how many followers of mine cared about the issue enough to show the tweet some attention. The ages of people that follow me on twitter range from about 16-22. I have about 500 followers on twitter and could barely get 20 people to favorite my tweet. I think that example alone is able to speak for itself.