As of Now pt. 2 Finding Direction

Understanding the direction this society has moved toward is a major part in unmasking the wrong things that serve as the head fronts of our social stables. We have to take down the false leaders and replace them with our own community strengthened leaders. As of now we are individuals living together in a nation in which we are in need of a person to take community reigns and steer us towards stability is as evident as the growing gas prices. We have to become a force of our own and cannot allow our government to dictate the way we feel about certain situations. In the 70's we rebelled against the government policies and we had young Americans leading the fight, and those protest made us a stronger more united country. We discovered during those times that our voice can make a difference although the Vietnam War did not stop immediately the acts of those people protesting brought a sense of urgency to the government decisions.

As of now, we do not have the people standing up for the rights of the people. I am not going to leave out the certain organizations sprinkled across the nation but the percentage of activist are tremendously outweighed by less opinionated people about major issues. I am not saying you have to go buy a t-shirt or a poster showcasing your dislikes of the world, but I am saying the people have to show some opinion, some sense of care towards a cause. It is time the little man in this world release some of our disgust for what those in power have created and have allowed to be taken to an unimaginable level. Being vocal and showing that we actually care in what our government spends the money we generate on is the first step to change. It concerns me that we have we lack opinion from the people living in those atmospheres that actually need help. We have to take in more knowledge and express ourselves in more in depth ways

Putting together a plan to get us out of this recession is a task for every person on this earth. We have to exude more intuitive and use our vigor to better this entire world. Finding the medium that will drive us back to the days our government worked for “the people” should be the main mission. We don’t have to struggle anymore; we can find a common ground where we elevate each other and not become complacent and selfish. Today is when we change, now is the best time for us to become united and one voice. Too many people in this world have shed unmerited tears; we fought battles with no chance to win and no it is time to put our hands together and walk forward in the mist of the tension. We have taken our hits in our nations existence but we have also fought back to make a difference in so many areas. Right now we need to fight for the change that is needed. So today I write for the beginning of new times, I grant these future years “The Age of Change.”

Role of the University

Being a young black male in this society, I feel it is my duty to touch on Americas major issues that affect us every day. I am a victim of the “system,” when I say system I really mean the education system. I am an example of someone who attempted plenty of times to better his education through the traditional ways, such as going to a university and hands on college. Honestly, as I watched the people around me and became accustomed to the college life I realized that being in college wasn’t doing the things that high school said it would. I was taught in high school, that college will prepare you for life and college would teach you the social skills to succeed. The “system,” has been blinding us from reality since we were kids, the entire college process to me is a load of crap. I am not saying the idea of higher education is bad, I love to learn and when you are learning there is nothing better. But why do we have to take and pay for 3 math courses, 2 biology labs in order to graduate with a journalism degree. Is that not a crime to force the low income families to have to pay for classes that don’t even remotely help them in their field? The thing about it is that the roles of the universities are exploited to make those who go into college successful, but put those who don’t into that stigma as a failure. I support all my friends who are on the road to higher education, if you have the means to do it, please do it. But for people to say a college degree will get you so much farther than not having it is just stupid to me. The way I feel, if you take 4 years of college to get a degree, and someone took 2 years of hands on training, the job should be fairly analyzed but experience counts for a lot. I always see lawyers and doctors on television telling people to further their education, and I look at them like everybody does not want to be lawyers or doctors. If I major in marketing the odds of me actually working in my field is slim, if I want to be a writer I have to go through all this other crap just to do what I love.
The biggest crime about the university is that it’s set in stone that it really takes you 4 years to be ready for the world. In my opinion the preparation for life starts with the parents, college is the next step, but college life doesn’t induce maturity in my opinion it hinders it. Think about it, I know too many young adults who have been through the college system and have no clue on what they want to do afterwards and it’s because they been spoon fed and giving this outward depiction of what life after college is going to resemble. I say life is unpredictable, but I was a 19 year old living on my own, attempting to go to college and I was still lost in the world just another casualty to hard work for no gain. I dropped out of college and put my life into Gods hands, now I have discovered what I want for myself and what I want out of my life. College didn’t prepare me for being homeless at a point in my life, and I am only 21, so why should I dedicate $25,000 to something that isn’t doing its job.
The “system,” doesn’t hold up on its end like we do ours, we go to class, we support the school, we pay our over charged tuition, and live in those terrible dorms, in order to graduate from college and be jobless for the first one or two years. Is that fair, let me ask you this, do you think in this recession people are getting discounts on their college debt, I bet not. Even though we do what society calls right, the universities do not care that we are in a recession, and 20 percent of America is out of work, we still getting that bill at the end of the month. That to me is not fair, but what can I do about it, nothing I can just protest, and write my thoughts and hope that you all feel what I am saying. Please do not let me discourage you from college, because it is a great experience but be weary of the fallacies you will face. I believe it is time we support our young enthusiastic teens who want more than that normal life, who want to own businesses, we need to breed our entrepreneurs at a young age. The role of our universities needs to change; we have to incorporate a new way of education because we are losing a lot of bright minds to the “system” we are currently using. Think about it.