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... epiphany (of sorts)
School was okay today (it shouldn't even be in the past tense 'cus I'm still in school preparing for a presentation tomorrow). Stats sucked as usual. I waste three hours of my life every Wednesday morning. Go me. But AS really made me think. There was a group that was supposed to debate. The debate sucked. I mean they didn't even stand up to present their points. How's that for a debate? But it was what my prof said at the end that stirred up something in me.My prof is considering quitting teaching at a university at the end of next year because he's lost all hope. He was once idealistic and hoping that he would make a change/impact on young impressionable minds all ready to question the convention and absorb new possibilities. He got the exact opposite. After 25 years of teaching at a university he's gotten jaded, because all his ex-students go out there and make big bucks and that's it. They don't do much to enhance their wellbeing emotionally/spiritually/intellectually. My prof cited an encounter he had last week where he was having dinner with two big CEOs and their wives. The only thing that their wives talked about was complain about their maids and how they failed in carrying out their duties well, etc. The conversation was so shallow my prof left the table because he was stunned beyond words. These people are not doing much to stimulate their minds. All they care about is how they look, the size of the diamonds their hubbies are able to give them, where to jet to the next weekend. In the end their lives are so utterly shallow.
I mean there's more to life than money. All the money in the world can't buy you happiness. That I totally agree with. I really don't want to get embroiled in the rat race where it's a dog eat dog world. Why can't I just be this happy girl living in my own bubble traveling the world and taking on part time jobs as I go along to sustain myself? I think there's so much more to life than getting a degree and then continuing to slog your guts out for the rest of your life, looking forward only to retirement.
Why am I here?
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
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