Sunday, June 25, 2017
New Site!!!
If you have enjoyed my writings in the past please check out my new site anthonydcabrera.com
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Here is your degree... It makes for a good placemat.
Did the school system fail you? Did you leave with nothing more than a sheet of paper and a vast knowledge of useless information? Were you bored? Unchallenged? Lost? If you answered yes then join the club.
The American education is so archaic and redundant it is no surprise that we continue to fall behind the other world powers. How much longer are we going to waste the youth of our children teaching them lies and outdated information? How many more young men and women have to find themselves stuck at 23 years old with a sheet of paper, insurmountable debt and no prospects?
We bombard our children from the moment they can understand us that they have to go to college if they want to amount to anything. We fill their heads with nonsense saying that they are too young to know what is good for them and a few more years of advanced education is just what they need to find their path. We continue to portray the working "stiff" as an oaf; ill-mannered and slow witted. It is a shame and a horrible injustice that we do to our youth.
First, let me begin by saying that I am all for furthering your education. I love the quest of knowledge and feel that people who have the urge should always continue to make strides in their desire to better themselves. But what about those who are barely getting by in high school? Why terrify them with the false notion that the only chance they have at the "American Dream" is with a college education?
Years ago all schools offered automotive technology, work and apprentice programs that offered plumbing, construction, electrician, etc... These are all occupations that make up the backbone of our society as much as our doctors and lawyers.
Now we force our school age young adults to take six years of French and a year of calculus to prepare them for a college that they might have no interest in attending. Generations ago there was a noticeable gap between college grads and non college grads. And the gap grew exponentially with grad school and beyond, Today there is almost no gap between those who graduate college and those who do not. Considering the years that you were out of the workforce pursuing a degree and the amount of money spent on college, some individuals take decades to just catch their peers who entered the workforce right after high school.
Again, I am not saying that college is a waste of time. But telling our youth it is the only option for success is a outright lie. Let our children pursue their passion, let them know that it is okay to dream big outside of the lines, Let them know that the blue collar union worker is just as important as our professionals. Because, when it is three in the morning and you are standing knee high in sh*t water in your basement... you're writing your plumber a check regardless of how fluent his/her French is...
If you enjoy my writing please check out my first full novel God Quit!
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/God-Quit1
The American education is so archaic and redundant it is no surprise that we continue to fall behind the other world powers. How much longer are we going to waste the youth of our children teaching them lies and outdated information? How many more young men and women have to find themselves stuck at 23 years old with a sheet of paper, insurmountable debt and no prospects?
We bombard our children from the moment they can understand us that they have to go to college if they want to amount to anything. We fill their heads with nonsense saying that they are too young to know what is good for them and a few more years of advanced education is just what they need to find their path. We continue to portray the working "stiff" as an oaf; ill-mannered and slow witted. It is a shame and a horrible injustice that we do to our youth.
First, let me begin by saying that I am all for furthering your education. I love the quest of knowledge and feel that people who have the urge should always continue to make strides in their desire to better themselves. But what about those who are barely getting by in high school? Why terrify them with the false notion that the only chance they have at the "American Dream" is with a college education?
Years ago all schools offered automotive technology, work and apprentice programs that offered plumbing, construction, electrician, etc... These are all occupations that make up the backbone of our society as much as our doctors and lawyers.
Now we force our school age young adults to take six years of French and a year of calculus to prepare them for a college that they might have no interest in attending. Generations ago there was a noticeable gap between college grads and non college grads. And the gap grew exponentially with grad school and beyond, Today there is almost no gap between those who graduate college and those who do not. Considering the years that you were out of the workforce pursuing a degree and the amount of money spent on college, some individuals take decades to just catch their peers who entered the workforce right after high school.
Again, I am not saying that college is a waste of time. But telling our youth it is the only option for success is a outright lie. Let our children pursue their passion, let them know that it is okay to dream big outside of the lines, Let them know that the blue collar union worker is just as important as our professionals. Because, when it is three in the morning and you are standing knee high in sh*t water in your basement... you're writing your plumber a check regardless of how fluent his/her French is...
If you enjoy my writing please check out my first full novel God Quit!
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/God-Quit1
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
First World Fights
It amazes me the time and effort that some people spend fighting something that in other parts of the world would be laughed at. Or in most cases, they wish that they had that problem. Recently, a high school in a nice area of Long Island New York opted to go with a gender neutral cap and gown for their high school graduation ceremony and the response was anything but harmonious...
Kids decided to stage a walkout, parents had "emergency" PTA board meetings and everyone took to social media like a Kardashian to a rapper.
It was pathetic....
All that this world is facing at this moment and this is the fight that you choose? There are children in our own community who are faced with being homeless, going to bed hungry every night and the real fear of worrying what the future brings. We have a drug epidemic the likes of we have never seen that is sweeping the country and leaving certain areas devastated in its path. We have an income gap that continues to grow at such an alarming rate that pretty soon celebrities wont even be able to afford the prostitutes and drugs that they have become accustomed to.
There are certain areas of the United States that right at this moment are practically a police state. Cops patrolling streets so dangerous that there are curfews. There are locations in Baltimore, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, etc... that look like third world war torn countries. That are countless teenagers in this country who will never even have the opportunity to wear that cap and gown because the so called "American Dream" isn't truly meant for them.
Yet, you choose to fight over the fact that your daughter has to wear the same color gown as some dude? In the grand scheme of things do you realize how miniscule and ridiculous this is? There are eight year olds working in the diamond minds of Sierra Leone who will not live to see their teenage years but this is the fight that you chose?
In the fall these kids will head out to their colleges, universities and workplaces. I hope that upon getting settled in to their new environment that can look past the foolishness of their privileged elitist life and take up a cause that is truly worth fighting for. Because a year from now no one is giving a f@#k what color you wore when you accepted your diploma.
Also if you like a different perspective on Good and Evil please give my first Novel God Quit a read
www.amazon.com/dp/B06X41F34Q
Kids decided to stage a walkout, parents had "emergency" PTA board meetings and everyone took to social media like a Kardashian to a rapper.
It was pathetic....
All that this world is facing at this moment and this is the fight that you choose? There are children in our own community who are faced with being homeless, going to bed hungry every night and the real fear of worrying what the future brings. We have a drug epidemic the likes of we have never seen that is sweeping the country and leaving certain areas devastated in its path. We have an income gap that continues to grow at such an alarming rate that pretty soon celebrities wont even be able to afford the prostitutes and drugs that they have become accustomed to.
There are certain areas of the United States that right at this moment are practically a police state. Cops patrolling streets so dangerous that there are curfews. There are locations in Baltimore, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, etc... that look like third world war torn countries. That are countless teenagers in this country who will never even have the opportunity to wear that cap and gown because the so called "American Dream" isn't truly meant for them.
Yet, you choose to fight over the fact that your daughter has to wear the same color gown as some dude? In the grand scheme of things do you realize how miniscule and ridiculous this is? There are eight year olds working in the diamond minds of Sierra Leone who will not live to see their teenage years but this is the fight that you chose?
In the fall these kids will head out to their colleges, universities and workplaces. I hope that upon getting settled in to their new environment that can look past the foolishness of their privileged elitist life and take up a cause that is truly worth fighting for. Because a year from now no one is giving a f@#k what color you wore when you accepted your diploma.
Also if you like a different perspective on Good and Evil please give my first Novel God Quit a read
www.amazon.com/dp/B06X41F34Q
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