The Future Of Americans

The campus is filled with hungry students in the middle of the afternoon at the Tawes food court, ready to eat their meals, but not all were prepared when asked where they see Americans in the next ten to fifteen years, and if the majority of the population would be obese. The first gentlemen I asked, Senior Brent Hay, gave a very well thought answer saying that American world power would be declining in terms of its military and economy. He believed that if radicalism continued to grow it would pose a problem socially. The health care cost would continue rising due to obesity, and because obesity is one of the fastest growing health problems, the majority of the population would be obese.

Eating across the coffee table from this gentleman was Freshman Joseph Lee, and because I did not have to move out of my chair, I thought it would be convenient to also ask him what he thought on the topic. When I asked him the first question regarding Americans in the next ten to fifteen years, he said, "can you go to the obese one," and so I asked again, if he thought the majority of the population would be obese. He said, "obviously, yes." Then I asked the first question again and without hesitation he said, "I don't really think about those types of questions, I am a Freshman, I just got here." It is as if young adults have to use excuses for their disregard for serious questions.

Sophomore Kenae Johnson was sitting among several gentlemen in the Tawes food court, and seemed very eager to answer the questions. She believed that the economy would be better, and the environment would be cleaner. She hoped that the majority of the population would not be obese, but they probably would be. While she was giving her opinion, her peers were shouting out their answers as well. One gentleman who remains unnamed said that, "the population would be lower because there will be more homosexual and gay people." His initial response to where Americans would be in the next ten to fifteen years was that there would be more homosexual and gay people. It is difficult for students to answer where they seem themselves in ten to fifteen years, and so when asked where they see Americans, it is not necessarily a priority.