Oh glorious day! Oh sweet sweet warm sunshine! Oh birds of song, chirp your tune. Louder, I don't think all campuses can hear you! What a sensational feeling, we're free! No more pen chewing, scantron bubbling, obnoxious know-it-all classmates raising their hand and chiming in on everything even the kitchen sink, no more Adderall induced crashes, no more caffeine over doses, and no more sexual favors to professors! How green the grass is today! How blue the sk... wait, what? No no no, I don't think you understand, it's the "Finals", they're final. It's over, done with. What do you mean 'just for a semester'?! Theres more finals? More scantrons?! More sexually suggestive love letters to physically repugnant T.A.'s? How can that be?! Has the whole world gone crazy?!! Am I the only one here you gives a shit about the rules?! This whole fucking thing... I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet...
What the frig folks? Whats wrong with this picture:
We are at our very best before 40. We are faster, happier, better looking, better smelling, better tasting, sexually more productive and reproductive, idealistic, optimistic, liberal, open-minded, have better senses and are generally more enjoyable to be around and enjoy being around others the most. Yet we spend virtually all that time either studying our asses off, or scratching our way to a comfortable professional place. 70% 0f people work in fields other than what they got their degrees in, and the other 30% mostly are Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers and other specialists. We have a higher suicide rate, develop more psychological malfunctions, are imprisoned at a greater rate, killed protecting nations and ideals, and are held responsible for the moral decay of societies to a much much higher degree than over 40. We fund people on the brink of death with money that we are tighter for than they are, and can better use than they can(even invest better than they can), all while working harder and faster for those who are way past that prime. So that what? So that we get to lie back on our Lay-Z-Boy in our stuffy study puffin away on our pipe reminiscing about those fleeting moments of youthful exuberance and ecstasy? Somethings' backwards here.
So here it is, my proposal:
I say all those under 40 do nothing but live the best possible life possible, with no schooling other than basics, like reading and writing(and any additional knowledge they might want to pursue on their own), and leave the university and professional portion of their lives for when they turn 40, so they can then support the new generation. If we truly worship youth so much, advertise about it, hire actors to act it, and rub creams on our faces to retain it, then we ought to live in a society that truly acts out that youthful fantasy. Imagine a world where the old work for the young. Imagine living the best part of your life the way it was intended to be lived: sleeping late, lounging out, running the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government, and just experiencing life through the lenses that nature has meant for us to experience life through all along.
What's the point of murdering the best part of your life, so that you can just sit around for a few years and hate yourself for it? I want to map out some ideas about this concept society, but I need to do some more thinking. If you got some thoughts about this whole thing, let me know.
Some Songs That Could Be Considered Relevant... Or Not, But Rad None-The-Less:
Wolf Parade- We Built Another World:
http://www.zshare.net/download/04-we-built-another-world-m4p.html
Sunset Rubdown- They Took A Vote Said No:
http://www.zshare.net/download/02-they-took-a-vote-and-said-no-m4a.html
The Hold Steady- Stuck Between Stations:
http://www.zshare.net/download/01-stuck-between-stations-m4a.html
4 comments:
make the system more European. Work 4 days of the week instead of 5 instead of two weeks paid vacation make it a minimum a month, I guess pay more taxes to get the benefits. But who ever said 40 is old maybe it is old because at that age in our current society most 40 year olds have had a family for about 20 years and i guess those kids have gotten them older but if we start having families at a later age well then 40 will be like 30 and since human kind has always been infatuated with the fountain of youth well one day 40 maybe 20, I guess it is relative. I think we work to much and our society would be more efficient if we worked less. We are scheduled to work 40 but we spent hours at work doing nothing browsing the internet talking to family and friends and the actual work we do really does not take that long. But yea it would be nice to restructure society but I think first thing is to work less.
Well, it's been suggested that if the trend of giving birth later in life continues, it forces female bodies to readjust to make them more physically prepared. And some scientists say that that could lead to the discovery of a sort of immortality gene that could be manipulated and perhaps used to elongate human life in general. I used 40 because it seems like an age where we can very easily, in theory, start a scholastic career and be mentally ok with it. From there to profession would work well too. It seems like an age where most adults really become adults. Still hammering out the rest of this concept.
I think youthful exuberence injected into doing what you love makes `work hard play hard´ the ideal motto for under 40. That, and running the gov ... : ) and traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavel, seeing the world thru eyes wide open!
NOT ALL OF US HAVE TO GO TO "WORK" IN ORDER TO WORK. SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS A COMPUTER, A PHONE AND A FAX/PRINTER, AND YOU CAN CARRY ON AND MANAGE FROM A HOLE IN A WALL. THIS WAY THE COMPANY CAN CUT BACK ON A LOT OF COSTS AND CHANNEL THIS MONEY TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTS/SERVICES. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST PEOPLE OUT THERE NEED THE DISCIPLINE THAT AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT OFFERS, BUT IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE. AS SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED, WE DON'T SPEND THE 8 HOURS JUST WORKING AND PRODUCING, WE CHIT CHAT ON THE PHONE, ON THE COMPUTER AND LET'S NOT FORGET WATER COOLER MEETINGS. OR WHAT IF WE COULD LEAVE WORK WHEN WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE ASSIGNMENTS AND DESIGNATED TASKS GIVEN TO US? THAT TO ME IS A GREAT WORK DAY. I'D LOVE TO HAVE A WORK WEEK LIKE THAT. I DON'T NEED ANY SUPERVISION, I DON'T LEAVE UNTIL MY ASSIGNED TASKS ARE DONE, AND I ALWAYS TAKE MY WORK WITH ME EVEN WHEN ON VACATION. SO PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK AND LET ME MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE. OH, HOW SWEET IS THAT? OR AS NADER WOULD SAY, HOW RAD! AS FAR AS SCHOOL IS CONCERNED, YOU CAN'T JUST TEACH MORALS AND VALUES AT SCHOOLS. THEY TRY, BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT'S ALL IN VAIN. SOME PEOPLE JUST CHOOSE TO REMAIN IGNORANT. EDUCATION DOESN'T BUY CLASS OR RESPECT,I'VE NOTICED TO MY GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. NOW IF YOU'RE FILTHY RICH, "SHEEPOLE" WILL GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO WORSHIP YOU! LONG TIME AGO I WAS TAUGHT THAT 2 AND 2 MAKES 4, BUT IN THIS CASE DOESN'T APPLY???!!!! BASIC EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING IS A GOOD START, BUT HOW FAR YOU WANT TO TAKE IT, SHOULD BE UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL'S DISCRETION. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IF YOU WANT YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD, IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE POSITVILEY TO MAN KIND, OR YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE AND SATISFY YOUR THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE, THEN YOU'D SURLY WILL PICK UP A BOOK AND SELF EDUCATE YOURSELF, JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO. NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A TEST COMING UP. WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET A JOB ANY WHERE, YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMEONE ON THE INSIDE. ONCE YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN WORK YOUR WAY UP, IF THAT'S YOUR GOAL.
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