<p>to music city lights…your post slightly offends me and I want to write a response, making it as brief as possible.
I will be attending Barnard next year, not on financial aid. This doesn’t mean I haven’t worked just as hard, or harder than many people. I’ve held a job since the age of thirteen, worked my ass of in a college prep school, and love money. I love it because of the productivity and power of intellect it represents. I love working and earning my own way. I am just cautioning you from generalizing any type of student or student body. I have done this in the past and have come to regret it. I encourage you to work as hard as you can, it will pay off and someday you may land a job which gives you more pride, rewards and money than anyone in your class. </p>
<p>Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that
you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man’s
consciousness controls his existence, a constant process of acquiring knowledge
and shaping matter to fit one’s purpose -Ayn Rand</p>