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Studying something because you’re interested in it should be encouraged. Studying shit because it’s lucrative is what is poisoning our world. I’m glad Suciu studied literature over some trade school plumbing bullshit. He’s already made it, who fucking cares?
I wish I had skate homies like Mark. I’ve fallen off as I’ve gotten older because having a beer with a skate rat not interested in anything but skateboarding isn’t all that fucking interesting.
This. I've definitely met plenty of great people through skating, but so many skaters are idiots that I can't really stand to be around if we're not skating.
Anyways, I'm hyped for this and I hope he chose Beirut songs that aren't too ~sentimental~
Guys, there's a world, a real world, where you could work a trade, or construction, or in a bar, or for FedEx, or at HomeDepot, or be a doctor or a McDonalds cashier, AND still like reading literature. Hell, you might even try and write something sometimes.
You can be a regular Joe who's capable of smart thinking and good conversation.
But maybe don't expect a 19 year old skate rat with no life experience to be someone you want to chat breeze with.
Getting a degree in America is insane. Learning is to be admired, especially learning more about what interests and matters to you, but paying enough money to buy a small house for that privilege is plain stupid. You do it because you can, or your parents can, but there's no way you
should.
I'm all for degrees, I have one and I'd quite like to do a masters one day, but I recognize that being a plumber is probably a smarter move. For me and for the rest of humanity.
Now going to business school with the aim to be a pharmaceutical CEO on the other hand...