Did you read about that kid that got accepted to Harvard on full scholarship even before finishing his A-levels, the one who climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, plays in the Asian Youth Orchestra, and taught English to Cambodian street children? How big do you feel? (Although I have it on good account that the truth in that article was somewhat stretched.)
This is what we're up against. I suppose it's my fault for spending my summers wallowing in selfishness in front of the t.v.. With people getting richer and borders coming down, there are so many more opportunities for our generation to reach out to more people, for new experiences, and turn our cv's into pure gold.
With people like Mr. Timothy Lim, how will we ever compare? Who's ever going to hire the ones who didn't climb a mountain or aren't musically inclined. Geez, as if things weren't hard enough.
No comments:
Post a Comment