I think many students who have the silver spoon don’t appreciate what they’ve got. I know people who take a few classes and say they just don’t have time to get involved in organizations, blog, etc. But, for me, paying for my own education has given me the motivation to do more than just go to classes and party.

But, for those of us who are gaining experience in the real world, it’s just putting us farther ahead.

And I don’t agree.

Not everyone has the luxury to study without having to worry about their expenses. But those lucky ones should embrace it.

It took me a long time to think this way, but I think finding your passion in life NEEDS leisure time, it needs you to be able to explore where you want to go. I don’t believe that everyone that eats from a silver spoon is less prepared for the “real world”. For example, not having to work may give you the time to start your own business while in college, or to write your heart out and find out you are made for writing.

You need time to be happy. And more important, you need time to find out how to be happy. That’s what we didn’t have.

I’m not saying that the skills we got through this experience aren’t valuable. But this pressure to race and figure everything out ASAP is what’s destroying the youth’s spirit.

There are a lot of little boys living of daddy’s pocket. But many are just trying to know where they fit best, what they’re good at. College won’t give you that. Free time and a lot of mistakes will, as long as you’re serious with your life.

Many are, silver spoon or not.

PS: Even though I don’t agree, I totally see what you mean, and I think this is a fantastic post. Great point of view Sydney. Kudos.

I’m right there with you. I know someone who didn’t pay for their college; parents bought them a car AND pay the payments; regularly gets money magically deposited into their checking account; and spends money without a blink of an eye. It is very upsetting to those of us who have paid our bills throughout school and still face our loan repayments for the next century.

At least when we have secured stable employment and have strong financial foundations, we can look back and know we’ll be in far better shape many years from now than our “silver spoon” cohorts.

I’ve written about this in the past and the one thing I’ve learned is that everyone’s situation is different. I do get frustrated with people who preach ‘quitting and doing what you love’ when they have the comfort of living at home – only because doing something like that just isn’t a reality for the majority of us. We have to be smart in our decision making, we can’t afford to take huge leaps of faith all the time. BUT, like I said, everyone’s situation is different. Brazen rubs me the wrong way because everyone preaches this entitlement thing, but in reality they aren’t making it on their own buck. End rant.