UnEARTHing Iowa, College of Growth in Iowa

Skyler Wistrom

After lunch today at the Pella Corporation we had a very special guest speaker, Dr. Roe.  One thing that he said to us that continued to intrigue me throughout the day is that my generation has been called the next hero generation.  I started to think about the word "hero."  Did he mean hero like Captain America and The Hulk or did he mean hero as in Homer Simpson.  I know, I know...Homer Simpson a hero?  Think about it...in the Simpsons Movie average schmuck Homer Simpson gets his act together at the last minute and helps to save the entire city.  The more I thought of this, the more I began to think "maybe the perfect hero happens when Captain America meets Homer Simpson."  Let me explain...Captain America stands for all that is right and just.  Homer is a beer drinking hourly worker who just wants to relax and have some fun.  I think it is a combination of being an every day Joe trying his best to help his family while maintaining the ideas of justice that makes a perfect hero.  We aren't going to be able to fight crime with our red, white, and blue shield but we can take and enjoy our lives and help out those around us.  When we are given that once in a lifetime chance to take a major event into our hands and show the world what we're made of, I truly believe that our generation will raise to the challenge and save the world.