As you start college...think about this: Every generation leaves its mark on the world - what will y

As you start college...think about this: Every generation leaves its mark on the world - what will yours be?
by Sunsara Taylor | Aug 22 2007 - 8:21am


College should be a time and a place to learn about the world...to go from the galactic to the microscopic, to learn of different cultures and art forms, to get into philosophy and history and questions of meaning and of truth...to explore things that have been kept from you, to plunge into the exciting process of discovery...to meet people from different parts of the world and different perspectives...to stretch social and political boundaries and to get into different scenes.

It's supposed to be a time to stay up all night talking, making music, reading poetry...to be part of resisting and rebelling against everything that is wrong...to make a statement about who you want to be and what kind of world you want to live in...to look at the world as it really is, and to begin to forge your role in relation to it....

But you are doing this at a time when all this is being reined in, when powerful forces are trying to shut it down...precisely because discovering how the past has shaped the present, coming to grips with how your life will shape the future, and seeing how all of this is bound up with and will influence the lives of billions around the world has higher stakes now than probably ever before.

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If you've read this far, you're someone who wants to change the world. Don't listen to the cynics and the worldly wise who tell you you can't, who try to lower your sights. History shows that the dreamers and fighters are right. Follow your principles, work to realize your deepest and highest aspirations, and follow THAT where it leads you.

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Your life is either going to count for something--or it is going to count for nothing. The world is intolerable. It is crying out for justice. Don't look away from it.

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regarding the 80-200,000 dollars invested in their education, a lot of which they will have to pay back with interest. We have made damn sure that our college students have no time for revolution.