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justplainnicole
I'm so stupid
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Gah, I get way too involved in my stupid social matters. I really shouldn't indulge in such superficial things. I know I'm an emotional person; I hide that pretty well; but it's hard to try to be so together and.. well.. myself when I'm getting all wrapped up in things that don't even matter.
People are dying, starving, etc. All sorts of horrid things; and all I can think about is myself at the moment. I truly am horrible.
On to more important things, I suppose, I have the oppurtunity to get a full scholarship to a state college. Any of the UMass schools. There is a problem though: I don't want to go to UMass-- I want more than that. I want to go to Columbia. Because of money though, I'll probably end up going to UMass Amherst-- which I really don't want. If everything went my way, life would be like this:
2008- graduate high school
2009- travel Europe
2010- start college at Columbia
2014- graduate
2015- strike rich with book deal
2030- Nobel prize
2050- Get some kick-ass award
2051- Save the world
Now, I'm going overboard, but even so.. I'm quite ambitious, I suppose. I really want people to get my message; hear my opinion; start a revolution.
Ah, now I feel bad. I'm over my stupid petty matter. Weeee!
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| January 27, 2004 | 4:06 PM |
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Keep up hope
Some of the "fancy" schools like Columbia actually have bigger endowments. If you put in the effort, you can find and attend the right school for you.
Good luck.
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well
ambitious for your own sake or for the sake of the world? are you really convincing everyone and yourself that it is the world you want to save when it is, above all things, the idea to be the one saving the world, which is at focus? ok, please do not get me wrong. i support your goals, going to Columbia, the Nobel Prize, all that. Having ambitions is Good! (I wish I had those kind of ambitions your age). But ambitions also means a lot of work, and collaboration.
As rsmarg said, there are quite a lot of hopes for going to Columbia if that is what you really want. Getting a scholarship is possible, and so on. Steady on your goals.
Save the world? By literature? By social action? HOW?! I am sorry for my cynical approach, but there has really been written many million books, and some of them have won all kinds of prizes, and the world - is it saved? Politics; we need to get the politics and art - not fuse; I am not wanting Art to have Political goals (like the communists used art for), but we need to broaden our own sensitivities. A book like "The Gods of Small Things" by Arundhata Roy got many prizes, and it made her rich, but did she save the world? Or, you might use the save the world as just a figure of speech; well, each individual is a world, an universe, and saving ourselves is a good start. Anyway, I am rambling here, sorry. I wish you the best of luck, and please continue to write updates here on Taking IT Global!
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"save the world"
i'm quite flattered that there's people commenting on my life. thanks!
anyway, about the "save the world" thing. what i mean is that i just want to influence at least one person sometime in my life (via my writing). my little list there was the best possible way for things to go. i know it's absolutely unrealistic, but most people my age (or at least in my area and my age) only dream of being normal. so, i guess, i considered my little "daydream" ambitious. heh.. does that help explain the "save the world" thing?
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Just don't tell anyone...
Your ambitions reminded me of a conversation with a young person and a retired Senator. When asked how to become a Senator he said, "Whatever you do, don't tell anyone you want to be a Senator. Otherwise everyone will judge your actions and accomplishments simply as 'She's only doing it to become a Senator'"
Ambition and idealism can be complimentary. If you do the work and capture the right opportunity you can make a difference. Good luck
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thank you
simply, thank you. that really is one of the best pieces of advice that i've gotten yet.
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