Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tim! Phil Forrest On Sat, 12 May 2012 14:47:35 -0400 Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote: > On May 12, 2012 at 03:21 AM -0400, Phil Forrest wrote: > >I get more grandiose, big picture "solutions" for my current > >situation than I do advice on what to do next week. > > Don't you get it Phil? It's your fault. If only you tried harder. > > Times have changed, and some people just don't get it. They were > able to do something 30 years ago, so we should be able to as well. > > For example, right on Ohio State University's info page about costs, > it says, "Students should plan for a 5 to 10% annual increase for all > costs." I'm sure the pay that an 18 yr old gets keeps up with that. > Right. Heck, I'm sure the pay an average middle class worker doesn't > keep pace with that increase. As it stands now, a student couldn't > work full time, 40 hrs/week, at min wage and have enough to attend > the school. Never mind that they probably wouldn't be able to attend > classes. > > So the solution for many is to go in debt, go part time, or don't > go. Currently, student loans in the US total to over $1 trillion > dollars. > > This is just one example. There are plenty of others. > > So the message is, 'You aren't trying hard enough Phil!' Never mind > that you are competing with out of work lawyers, out of work Ph.D.'s, > out of work 50 yr olds with a lifetime of experience, etc. "Just > keep looking. I looked 10 yrs before I found a steady job. You just > need to keep looking!" You'll have to eat shoe leather of course, > for 10 years, because 'not having a steady job' is a lot different > from 'not having A job'. Stop expecting things to be handed to you! > > Fuck that. I don't expect things to be handed to me, and I know Phil > doesn't either. Phil's willing to bust his ass to provide for > himself. No one will let him. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest