iversen

One of those days... Sometimes I wonder what's the point? Why have I spent nearly $100,000 on 4 years of college for a degree that really doesn't mean anything anymore. It's depressing to know that a college used to mean something in the job market, but as an increasing number of kids go to college, the degree means less and less. And there is no way I am going to grad school to get a masters. I don't have the patience for that. And it's odd the stuff that you learn in college that is supposed to be so important, I can't seem to think of how that anthropology class I took will really benefit me in anyway. It was a special topics in moral theology class that I feel like I benefited the most from. It was like taking a class from Morrie Schwartz (for those of you that read Tuesdays with Morrie). Much more about life lessons than anything else. You only have one chance at life and it seems odd to spend so much time chasing what amount to trivial things. Money is what drives everything, and sadly each life has been assigned a dollar value. My life is apparently worth more than someone who doesn't have health insurance. I also feel strongly about the US beginning to teach children a second language. Starting very early, first and second grade, children should begin to get instruction in a second language, something like french or spanish. Because it's completely ridiculous that everywhere else in the world children are taught english as a second language but here in the US we don't bother to make it a point that our children are bilingual. Whatever. I guess I shouldn't really worry about it cause it's not like I can actually do anything about it.

-R