Earlier today, I came across an article online that says a man burned all his certificates including his diploma. Talk about "I'm done with all this sh*t" and means it.
My reaction, coming fresh from reading The Millionaire Fastlane , was "Damn right dude!".
But I cannot find anything that supports my enthusiasm and happiness for this man - after all, he's now coming to his senses! He's being awakened! He's now escaping from the Scripted world! Isn't that supposed to be celebrated??
NOPE -- said the comments and the headline.
"A Man From Somewhere You'll Never Know Burns His School Certificates Because Why Not? School Is A Major Scam"
"Oh no, he needs his credentials to secure work. How can he find work now?"
"The government sucks."
"Others are uneducated and they're making serious money! This is unfair and complete madness."
Well, that man must be crazy for burning a piece of paper that costs him 4 years or more of his life!!
not to mention the tuition fees and allowances that costed his parents' arms and legs and heads and toes and.... yup.
and the amount of patience and hard-work that he had put into his school loads and extra-curricular activities such as internships.
in·tern·ship - noun
definition: some BS extravaganza wherein you'll pay a company in exchange of a GRAND experience of working in their company for free a.k.a win-win deal for everybody!
Who would do such thing of burning his/her diploma???
Yes, I initially find it cool. Someone burned his certificates? Woahh! I loved the intensity - the rebellion. A simple waste management principle - burn every worthless thing to ashes because we won't use them anyway.
If I happened to come across that article years ago, I might have a completely different reaction. Why wouldn't I? I was just like everybody. I had a HUGE faith in employee life hoping that it'll lead me in the land of milk and honey. Of course, getting a college degree is the only way to get it. Duh?
But later on, I realized that the act of burning the diploma might be someone's cry for help. Desperation. Frustration. Helplessness. Depression.
But more than that it's about FINALLY seeing the BS in everything -- especially in the educational system.
Schools and universities are businesses - nothing more. A manufacturing business producing obedient employees of the future and a diploma is the proof that someone's ready to be shipped somewhere he can be of value for $10USD/day, 5 days a week. Ahhhh THE DREAM!
I hope that more people will know that it's not too late for us to take the control back in our lives.
How??
By not letting a piece of paper dictate our lives or how it's not generating the kind of life promised to us by educational institutions.. because NEWS ALERT: they don't care and never did. I hope they will, but it seems unlikely..
So what now?
Burn your diploma?? -- COOL.
Keep it?? -- SURE.
Get one?? -- GO AHEAD.
No matter what you decide to do, one thing remains the same..
We are responsible for our lives - not the government, not the university, not the diploma, not the economy, but us and us ONLY.
My reaction, coming fresh from reading The Millionaire Fastlane , was "Damn right dude!".
But I cannot find anything that supports my enthusiasm and happiness for this man - after all, he's now coming to his senses! He's being awakened! He's now escaping from the Scripted world! Isn't that supposed to be celebrated??
NOPE -- said the comments and the headline.
"A Man From Somewhere You'll Never Know Burns His School Certificates Because Why Not? School Is A Major Scam"
"Oh no, he needs his credentials to secure work. How can he find work now?"
"The government sucks."
"Others are uneducated and they're making serious money! This is unfair and complete madness."
Well, that man must be crazy for burning a piece of paper that costs him 4 years or more of his life!!
not to mention the tuition fees and allowances that costed his parents' arms and legs and heads and toes and.... yup.
and the amount of patience and hard-work that he had put into his school loads and extra-curricular activities such as internships.
in·tern·ship - noun
definition: some BS extravaganza wherein you'll pay a company in exchange of a GRAND experience of working in their company for free a.k.a win-win deal for everybody!
Who would do such thing of burning his/her diploma???
Yes, I initially find it cool. Someone burned his certificates? Woahh! I loved the intensity - the rebellion. A simple waste management principle - burn every worthless thing to ashes because we won't use them anyway.
If I happened to come across that article years ago, I might have a completely different reaction. Why wouldn't I? I was just like everybody. I had a HUGE faith in employee life hoping that it'll lead me in the land of milk and honey. Of course, getting a college degree is the only way to get it. Duh?
But later on, I realized that the act of burning the diploma might be someone's cry for help. Desperation. Frustration. Helplessness. Depression.
But more than that it's about FINALLY seeing the BS in everything -- especially in the educational system.
Schools and universities are businesses - nothing more. A manufacturing business producing obedient employees of the future and a diploma is the proof that someone's ready to be shipped somewhere he can be of value for $10USD/day, 5 days a week. Ahhhh THE DREAM!
I hope that more people will know that it's not too late for us to take the control back in our lives.
How??
By not letting a piece of paper dictate our lives or how it's not generating the kind of life promised to us by educational institutions.. because NEWS ALERT: they don't care and never did. I hope they will, but it seems unlikely..
So what now?
Burn your diploma?? -- COOL.
Keep it?? -- SURE.
Get one?? -- GO AHEAD.
No matter what you decide to do, one thing remains the same..
We are responsible for our lives - not the government, not the university, not the diploma, not the economy, but us and us ONLY.
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