I was thinking the other day, actually today, about graduating. They make you jump through hoops, crawl through those collapsible tunnels, eat pounds of poop, etc... and apparently after all of these obstacles we are supposed to be thoroughly seasoned in whatever obscure major we decide to embark on. Last time I checked doing these things would put you in the finals to win the Kibble N' Bits dog challenge.
So, where does this leave the average college student in 2007, in about $40,000 of debt, burnt out and in a semi professional job making $34,000 a year. Seeing how the bachelor degree has become the new high school diploma, jobs are being outsourced, and there seems to be no sign of change in the near future. And what's much worse, we're stuck in this, universities used to a place where young people would go to expand their knowledge and make a difference in the world. Now, we're forced to sit through lectures and believe what the professor believes, mean while they're stuck in their own world of research spreading their propaganda. That's another thing... research give me a break, every body is doing research... did you know that UB has a communication research department, communication, research what?
We can land a man on the moon, but we can't reform our own communities, our young people's schools, jobs for graduates. But, we can research how people in Indonesia use body language to communicate. Leave that to the social psychologists of the world.
Anyway, I just wanted lastly to say about this Tim Horton's contest "Roll up the Rim" I haven't won yet, it's 1 in 9 wins, I can't sleep at night because I've been drinking coffee, for weeks. I'm up to like 50 large coffees and every time I roll up the rim, it says please play again. Come on, throw me a free box of Tim bits.
Respect,
Mr. Greg
Monday, March 5, 2007
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