…rambling on about society
So I was just going to pop in to one of my favorite blogs (Keer Unplugged) while I ate lunch.  As I was typing out my comment I kinda got off on a tangent. I decided to go ahead and make a post over here, so if people want to make any hateful remarks, they can make them directly to me.
So anyway, I was thinking about how immigrants are doing so many of the jobs that Americans don’t want to do. Why is that?  Why can’t we find anyone willing to do some part time work? Why is it so hard to find teenagers to work in the hay fields?
One reason is that we are all so spoiled! So many don’t want to work. Well, I don’t know if anyone ever REALLY wanted to work, but they did it anyway. Most of the teenagers around here are too busy with “activities” to work. Their parents make enough money to finance them. Is this what so many women are working for? To spoil our children? It’s an easy trap to fall into (I struggle with it myself). Is it really better for our children to spend their time at assorted camps and activities instead of learning the value of hard work?
My husband is an amazing man. So much of what makes him amazing is how he was raised. He worked from a young age.  (He had a lot of fun too, don’t get me wrong) But his life wasn’t centered around school activities. He spent his time on the farm. Learning how to think through problems & come up with inventive solutions. Finding out that it’s better to do it right the first time.
I on the other hand, was just the opposite. I did have a part time job to finance my activities, but mostly my life was about my friends and my activities at school. I made sure I was on every committee, was a cheerleader, class officer yada yada yada.  It was all good until I graduated. Did you know that nobody really cares about that stuff in real life? yeah, it was a pretty big shock to me. Then on my 20th birthday, I found out I was expecting twins. DH was pretty excited, but I was in shock. It really threw a wrench in my plans. I couldn’t make enough at my job to pay daycare for 2 babies. So I became a SAHM. All my self-centered training in school did not prepare me to be a mother.
High school lasted 4 years, real life is lasting a LOT longer than that. All of my childhood years were focused on high school. Get good grades, get involved in the right activities. But for what? It seems like such a waste.
I see so many young people on that same path. The path to the good life. But look at us a few years down the road. The good life isn’t so great. You don’t appreciate it if you didn’t put in the work to make it happen.
I don’t blame the immigrants one bit. I respect the fact that they are coming here to work. If we have a problem with it, we need to look at ourselves first.
