In part one of this article Ifocused on the disproportioned trade off between being in school because it wasfree and the debt that you accumulate by giving money to the university inefforts of prolonging undergrad enjoyment.
This time however I will notcontinue on that same path.
I will focus on theimplications or the consequence for those students’ actions. We have exploredthe types of students in which I am referring to.
Those that have done nothingsince their start here at our fine university and those that wish to stay hereas long as possible while donating their tuition dollars to Southern Universitywith kick-backs in the form of a meal plan and 15 dollars worth of copies in thecomputer labs.
It is amazing. Amazing thatsome people aren’t ready and will probably never be ready for what the realworld has to offer. What is even more amazing is that many of these studentscan’t see the future consequences of their actions.
As previously stated in partone of this article, I have witnessed many that set themselves up for greatdisappointments by using university life as a safe haven from real lifesituations and responsibilities.
So Uncle Sam foots the bill foryou to be here. Is that reason enough for you to hide here without anyprogress?
Fredrrick Douglas stated that”without struggle there could be no progress.”
So where is your struggle?Surly struggle isn’t getting out of the bed in the morning to go to that 8o’clock or carrying a book-bag with textbooks in it around “the yard.” This is not struggle by any means.
It is rather a lack to exceptresponsibility of being an actual student.
Attitudes like this fester andgrow. Developing lazy college students into lazy members of society.
Only to drain the dollars fromthe U.S. taxpayer and increase the national unemployment rate. We can’t blameeverything on Bush. We took part in this as well.
The fact of the matter is thatour actions become habit and our habits become routine and what is routinebecomes part of our culture. Leaving us lazy people in a society that is notjust accepting what is free be depending on it.
The cycle then propitiatesitself. Blacks then are always looking for something free. Weather it is a freet-shirt or government handouts.
Think about this. All thisbecause you would rather stay in college to go to the club on Thursdays, or sitin the union courtyard and waste your parents and Sallie Mae’s money taking aclass four or five times.
It is sad. African-Americanhave to recognized that we are losing. The world’s playing has never been norwill to ever be leveled. However this is no reason for us to hide from the realworld at an university. Graduate and stop playing!
Many people are not ready. Readyfor the truth. Ready for the responsibility. Ready for the struggle!
But we better get ready becausethe life after college is inevitable and we all have to get out there and earnour keep. So while you are sitting in the union with a smoothie and a partyflyer in hand, remember that the world is waiting on you so come be a part ofit.
So I believe that it is time toface that reality. Many people aren’t ready, but this is the time that shouldbe getting ready.
Again, I say many people arenot ready. Ready for the truth. Ready for the responsibility. Ready for thestruggle!
This is not just to tell youwhat to think about, but rather what to act on.
