If walls could talk
A Vision of Students Today - Michael Wesch, Kansas State University
A profound message on video ironically made through a vice pointed out in the film. Obviously these "statistics" even if they were true are shown here to make a point. I would not be surprised if these figures were founded and true.
I probably can't relate to most of what was in the video. Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone, but I'm sure you know plenty of people who can easily fit into this mold. As for me, every single thing I read for my classes are made for me to apply in my actual job. I am in class for 11 hours a week and study over 5 hours a day reading and studying. I write more papers than emails. Although most of my emails are school related. I spend a lot of time online, mostly doing research or school, but occasionally blogging and taking a break. I hardly spend any time on social networking sites like Facebook, Xanga, Friendster, and do not own a MySpace. (yes I have vehemently resisted). I almost never watch TV and I will be in far more debt than most people in the world in their lifetime by the time I get out of gradschool. I do not make less than $1 a day. I make NOTHING at all. So what do you say about that?
That aside, I am aware I am one of the minority. Not only minority in the video, but a minority in the US. I am not White and I am not rich. I do not spend hours on a cell phone. I am lucky if I rack up an hour talking at the end of the month, but I am guilty of having a big SUV and owning a laptop to keep me sane. Oh and I do not listen to that much music as much as I do like it. I don't have my iPod stuck in my ears all day. I actually don't use it anymore. I prefer quiet since I'm studying most of the time or doing something out in my profession that wouldn't warrant me to do so. ANYWAY, the fact of the matter is the United States is a privileged nation more so than most, how can we point the finger at anyone when this is the life and society that we were born into? It is not these spoiled children's fault for being like this. I am sure if the many starving children were given this kind of life they would probably being doing the exact same thing. Life isn't fair. We know that. Just because some other starving nation is suffering doesn't make us monsters for enjoying what we have.
Yes ignorance is bad, and helping your fellow man is a wonderful thing, but the only reason why we can really say this is because we are conscientious enough to even think about others beyond ourselves. What about them? Besides, there are many who live here who struggle, who are poor, who are dying, many in worse cases than those who live in third world nations. Take New Orleans for example. Many of us are in fact grateful, but a vast majority either take it for granted (because they don't know any better) or do not realize its value. The educational system is far from perfect, but that applies to ANYWHERE in the world. Not just the US. I am tired of people in the United States pointing out how much it sucks and how bad it is. We aren't all bad. if we were, then you wouldn't be alive to be complaining now would you?
A profound message on video ironically made through a vice pointed out in the film. Obviously these "statistics" even if they were true are shown here to make a point. I would not be surprised if these figures were founded and true.
I probably can't relate to most of what was in the video. Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone, but I'm sure you know plenty of people who can easily fit into this mold. As for me, every single thing I read for my classes are made for me to apply in my actual job. I am in class for 11 hours a week and study over 5 hours a day reading and studying. I write more papers than emails. Although most of my emails are school related. I spend a lot of time online, mostly doing research or school, but occasionally blogging and taking a break. I hardly spend any time on social networking sites like Facebook, Xanga, Friendster, and do not own a MySpace. (yes I have vehemently resisted). I almost never watch TV and I will be in far more debt than most people in the world in their lifetime by the time I get out of gradschool. I do not make less than $1 a day. I make NOTHING at all. So what do you say about that?
That aside, I am aware I am one of the minority. Not only minority in the video, but a minority in the US. I am not White and I am not rich. I do not spend hours on a cell phone. I am lucky if I rack up an hour talking at the end of the month, but I am guilty of having a big SUV and owning a laptop to keep me sane. Oh and I do not listen to that much music as much as I do like it. I don't have my iPod stuck in my ears all day. I actually don't use it anymore. I prefer quiet since I'm studying most of the time or doing something out in my profession that wouldn't warrant me to do so. ANYWAY, the fact of the matter is the United States is a privileged nation more so than most, how can we point the finger at anyone when this is the life and society that we were born into? It is not these spoiled children's fault for being like this. I am sure if the many starving children were given this kind of life they would probably being doing the exact same thing. Life isn't fair. We know that. Just because some other starving nation is suffering doesn't make us monsters for enjoying what we have.
Yes ignorance is bad, and helping your fellow man is a wonderful thing, but the only reason why we can really say this is because we are conscientious enough to even think about others beyond ourselves. What about them? Besides, there are many who live here who struggle, who are poor, who are dying, many in worse cases than those who live in third world nations. Take New Orleans for example. Many of us are in fact grateful, but a vast majority either take it for granted (because they don't know any better) or do not realize its value. The educational system is far from perfect, but that applies to ANYWHERE in the world. Not just the US. I am tired of people in the United States pointing out how much it sucks and how bad it is. We aren't all bad. if we were, then you wouldn't be alive to be complaining now would you?
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
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