After spending the better part of the last three years of my life at Wilkes, I’ve come to the conclusion that college is nothing more than a gigantic cluster-eff that is designed to take your money and waste your time. Granted, it does give you the tools you need to be successful down the road, and I don’t want to take anything away from the fine professors at Wilkes (that’s not sarcasm, by the way), but the college experience could be made to be so much easier.
And really, what is college except a micro-chasm of life? People waste your time and your money while giving you the run around in some sort of bureaucratic nightmare. A stack of paperwork that never gets filed, bills that never stop, and a promotion that never comes. We all just end up reaching out for the carrot that we are never going to catch…
And that’s why it is up to us – up to us – to make something of ourselves. No one is going to reach down and give you your life, despite what “The Hills” would have you believe.
Let’s face it, our generation isn’t known for its get up and go-ism. We aren’t known for our drive or ingenuity. We aren’t the greatest generation. We’re the laziest generation. We were raised on high-speed internet and 200 channels of HD entertainment. We don’t know of DOS based computers or black and white televisions. All we know is that we want everything yesterday, and bigger and louder than ever. We are laughed at. We are mocked. Youtube and MySpace have turned us into jokes.
Rant about something. Anything. Write your local congressman about why you’re pissed off. Throw your own tea party. Run for a cause. Run for office. Do something that will make you stick out above the white noise. Nobody will find Waldo when Waldo looks like everyone else. STAND OUT. There are a lot of problems with this city, this county, this state, this country, and this world, and in a decade or so, we are going to be the ones that are in charge. That’s a scary thought, considering that most of the guys I know in high school barely have enough brain cells left to load their bong.
How will our generation be remembered? As a bunch of lazy kids who were handed everything? Or are we going to be recognized as being better than the generations that came before?
That’s for you to decide.
Alright, everyone. This is it. Over two years, 40-some articles, and too many edited words, this is the final installation of “The Angry Rant.” The time has come for yours truly to hang ‘em up and begin my life as a young professional.(HA!)
I’ve had a blast writing these week in and week out, and I hope you had a blast (or at least, some mild amusement) in reading my complaints about anything and everything. To think, this whole thing started when I was watching “The View,” which might just be the most productive thing that has ever come of that show.
There are a ton of people I need to thank, starting first and foremost with Dr. Andrea Frantz, who offered me a position on The Beacon. Although I have no doubt that she did it out of pity in an act of charity, she is the reason that I got to see the word “douchebag” printed in a college newspaper. To all the editors, staff members, contributors, I thank you as well. But most importantly, I thank the people (all eight of you) who took five minutes out of their day to read this silly little column. Without you, as cliché as this sounds, I wouldn’t have a reason to do this. I thank you for your comments, your criticisms, and your threats. I did this to make you laugh, make you think, and to make you angry.
And for those that are still interested in following me on my exploits, you can find me on the internets, where I’ll be complaining to a world wide audience. Check out www.TheAngryRant.com for more rants, musings, criticisms, witticisms, and other such nonsense. And I’ll also be contributing over at www.TheFightins.com, so be sure to check that out as well.
Once more, this has been a ton of fun for me, and I can only hope that it was fun for you. Thank you, thank you, and thank you again,
Peace.
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