While meeting with a friend over coffee tonight, I ran into an acquaintance whom I haven't seen in years.
Me: "Wow! Long time, what year are you in now?"
Her: "I'm not in college."
Me: *oops* "Oh... how old are you now?"
Nice save? I don't think so... haha.
I think it's wrong for me to automatically assume that everyone I run into goes to college. But at the same time, that's what I'm used to. All my friends and I went to and talked about going to college. But how do the ones who don't go feel when I just automatically assume that they went and ask them that question? Do I make it look like I'm better than them because I went to college and they didn't?
I was going to say...maybe some people are more privileged than others. It's no doubt that going to college helps prepare you for a better, stable future. But then, wouldn't that be me thinking I'm better than her just for going to college? People can be privileged and not go to college either. In fact, why must education be a measure of privilege or status?
Maybe I should be careful of what I say and assume. God has different plans for everyone. No matter what our differences, in the end, everyone will come together to glorify God :-).
What do you think?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Going to college is a privilege no matter if you are poor or rich or somewhere in between. This is because you need to have the intelligence and motivation in order to go to and succeed in college. It doesn't matter if you are a son or a daughter of the world's wealthiest parents, you still need to be intelligent and have the motivation to go to college. By the same token, if you come from a poor family, you can still go to college with financial aid grants provided by the government. However, you still need to be intelligent and motivated to go to college.
ReplyDelete