In Don Tapscott’s Grown Up Digital, the generation of current teenagers, also known as the “Net Generation”, draws concern from adults about their lifestyle and possible future. One popular concern for the Net Generation is that we are “violent”. “Just look at the two youths who commited mass murder in 1999”, Tapscott writes. Though true that the tragedy at Coumbine High School can be linked back to the two boys “incredibly deep involvement” in violent video games, it’s unfair to include our whole generation in such an instance. These boys involvement in this game was extreme, unlike the vast majority of those who play these types of games.

Hella Tragic

Northern California; home of the Golden Gate Bridge, half of Lake Tahoe, cows, and the words "hecka" and "hella". Growing up in beautiful Sacramento, CA, the word "hecka" has been a part of my vocabulary since I left the womb. "Hecka", equivalent to “hella”, either meaning "very" or "a lot of", was a common word used by all of my friends since as long as I can remember. I eventually graduated to "hella" when I hit junior high where we could say the word without getting in trouble.

Life was good until moving to Chicago after freshman year, where I could no longer use my true diction. I quickly came to find that these simple-minded midwesterners had never been exposed to as extensive of a vocabulary as those of us in the Northern California. Now, every time is said “hecka” or “hella”, I would usually receive a puzzled look like there was something on my face. Chicago wasn’t ready for my foreign terms, so I was ultimately forced to cut down on the “heckas” and “hellas”. I adapted to life without these crucial words of my childhood and life was once again good… until I came to SMU.

Unfortunately, my roommate happened to be from Southern California. Unlike my friends in Illinois, my roommate was familiar with “hecka” and “hella”, however not only does he not use them, but there are few things he hates more than those two words. Instead of a puzzled look, I now just receive straight anger and hatred. Hella rough huh?

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