Ken Jovannie

Raise the banner of a new day, the dawn creates a rainbow of hallowing clouds. It is my generation, a flurry of sunset's and galaxies, forming bright colors, depleting the atmosphere. My generation is not a person, but an actual fixation. An addiction, only cured by wordly envies, a poison ravaging the already alive system. My people are zombies, manipulated and controlled by the vast knowledge, of everything we want to discover. "I-gen". A generation that separates the millennial frame, from the tech relying future. We are called i-gen, because of our presence in the internet. We are fueled by posts, likes and captions, the colorful place we love so much, where we feel we belong. My people, are the people of the future, no distinction of race, ethnicity or color. We are the proud generation who cried equality, where almost half of us is part of the LGBT. Colorful, that's the best way to describe us, an explosion of many ideas, and experiences, all shared th

Young people are not reading because of all of the distractions in today's society. TVs, iPods, computers, video games, you name it! Every time you turn around a new smart phone has come out or your laptop has gone obsolete. With technology advancing so quickly, people just aren't interested in the old-fashioned books of yesterday. The People today aren't interested in books or education, but more on athletics and entertainment. Instead of picking up a good copy of War of the Worlds, most people would rather pick up the remote and catch the "big game". Reading is an important part of our society. It is key to learning and understanding. Without reading, how would you know where to buy that juicy hamburger on the billboard? Or what would happen if Christian Bale couldn't read his script for the new Batman movie? - Well, he probably wouldn't sound that different, but you get the point. Reading is a key factor to life as we know it. So why, then, are