Rant
There is no such thing as complete black and white. Even grey is more complex than the simplicity it’s made out to be. In saying that, every choice calls for some sort of sacrifice. This is especially true when concerning tangible matters.
Photo: Charm Lee
Think!
It is somewhat entertaining to see many of my peers blame their financial problems on Wall Street. It gets beyond entertaining, and even agitating when my peers blame their problems on another party, while carrying around expensive laptops, the newest cellphone models, and luxury brand accessories.
Why weren’t they (you) more considerate of the future before choosing to take out thousands in loans to have the best and latest? – or even before deciding to give up commuting for that college experience?
Occupy Wall Street protestors take on Baruch. Photo: Charm Lee
Since when was anybody entitled to have it all?
Perhaps we were too encouraged, and too vaccinated against failure by our doting parents and teachers; whatever it was, the illusion that was set in place was certainly successful in shielding from us from being responsible for the decisions we’ve made.
Burgers
A recent popular statement floating around the internet goes something like this:
“We were told to go to college to avoid flipping burgers, and now we are being told that we are selfish and lazy for not wanting a job at McDonalds!”
This statement implies that want and necessity are interchangeable. No matter how much one might be told they are selfish and lazy for not wanting an entry level job, one isn’t truly lazy and selfish until one refuses to take the job.
View of a local McDonald's (located Bayside, Queens) from a bus. Photo: Charm Lee
Remember:
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking when we created them” – Albert Einstein.
No matter how many protests are held, the debts won’t go away until burgers are flipped and paychecks distributed.
