I've realized today how empty my schedule really is... Taking 17 credits one would expect to be quite busy... however I find my days to be quite empty with no classes till 12:30 most days and no classes after 4 save for two night classes once a week. So I've been passing time best I can until a job opens up... right like that's going to happen... Idaho's job market like most in the US is in the crapper, and being a college student isn't helping much with that aspect of it...
sigh
at least I still have money...
I find it odd that I pay nearly ten thousand dollars a semester for school, which in all reality I only am at for about 4 hours a day... Then there's textbooks and the general over pricing I've discovered happens...
Which leads me to something worth talking about... the American mindset... I discovered recently that text book companies sell international versions of their books whcih are identical to the US versions except they cost about 1/3 of the price and are illegal to sell in the US because of insider manipulation... and we as citizens just sit back and take it... we let our wallets be plundered by big business will the little guy gets screwed all because were to lazy to stand up to consumerism and say no. We're so to used to the cardboard cut out suburb middle class mentality that we can't get a grip on anything beyond it. We refuse to make change towards a more independent market... now I'm not talking independent as in free market vs. socialism sort of Independence, rather I'm talking about one that can sustain itself, provide jobs, and compete without tariffs and price jacking from the big wigs. Not to say we should all have mom and pop shops or live off the land, but rather that we should create industry that is directly responsible to the people they serve, key word there, businesses should serve not be served. This means that when we go into the marketplace we should feel like the market is on our side, helping us to succeed not overcharging us for products they pushed on us will salesmanship and glamorization that we don't need. That's why I encourage each and every person out there to think before they buy... sure that new mp3 player's shiny and nice and has new features, but do you need to be putting more of your cash in Steve Jobs' or Bill Gates' pockets? Probably not... That's not to say we shouldn't buy, but maybe we should buy more used products and move money between consumers rather then handing it to corporatism. This approach will save you cash too, trust me on this one.
Anyway that about wraps it up for my daily ranting
Shalom
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