1.) How does the movie speak to you?
I think the movie can speak to everyone going to Chabot and anyone out there because it's about people like us. Everyone can relate to the issues addressed in the video because everyone has those issues. They definitely talked about things that affect us so when they talked I listened and cared. I felt empathy towards those students speaking because I understand them because I'm like them. I particularly liked listening to everyones story. It made me want to share my story. This video can speak and relate to everyone because everyone has a passion that is not yet reached or found.
Also this movie spoke to me because I have a passion that I want to share with the world. Aside with my career goals of being a counselor I want to share my story to the world by writing a book. I want to share my story of how they showed my parents different funeral packages while I was in a coma. I want to share how I ran after they told me I would never walk. I want to share my story of how I succeeded against all odds. A one in a million chance they gave me of recovering from a severe traumatic brain injury. Not only did I recover to live, but I recovered and became better than I was before. That's my true passion, to be able to share my story of triumph after tragedy with the world.
In my group we also discussed about the pressure society instills in us to be a certain way. Someone said he never felt like anyone told him to be a certain way but we discussed the cliche of doing things that our parents and society favors. We also compared ourselves from high school to now. We realized we have grown and matured significantly. We used to be disruptive in class, telling jokes and getting in trouble. But now we're eager to learn. We take our education seriously now. I believe age is just a number. Maturity doesn't derive from the number of years you have lived. Maturity derives from the experiences you have lived. Maturity comes from the falls and the failures that you have over come. With maturity we have a better understanding of our passions and the importance of our education. That's why we have grown so much after high school. In high school we were sheltered and protected. There was less chance of falling in high school. Now that we are in college we have had more chances of falling and learning from our failures.
2.) What is the connection between passion and poverty?
The first thing I'd like to say about this is how we have directed our passion today. Today we direct our passion towards material goods instead of with each other and our planet. Inherently that is causing poverty. We graduate high school and want to earn money right away so we get a job to buy the new phone, a better car, nice clothes, etc. We do this instead of getting an education to build a career and a mindset that will change our lives forever. We get stuck working minimum wage jobs and living paycheck to paycheck instead of earning salaries.
I believe that in order to be successful in what you do you have to be passionate about what you do. I don't think people living in poverty that have jobs work in something that they are passionate about. Most people living in poverty work in stores, restaurants, or as some type of janitor or cleaner. So I guess what I'm saying is that without passion in what you're actually doing you'll find yourself living in poverty. Passion and poverty are directly linked in that way.
People choose to work minimum wage jobs for various reasons. The first reason they do this is because we have instant gratification bias. We'd rather have nice stuff sooner than later. So that's why we get a job and ignore school. It takes years to get an education that will prepare you for a job. Not only will it cost you time but money as well. Thousands of dollars go into colleges, and people would rather spend money on material items than an education because of this instant gratification bias that we have inherited.
Another connection between passion and poverty is that poverty sort of drains the passion out of you. Instead of doing what your passionate about you're working 40+hours a week to survive. If you don't have passion for what you do you will inevitably live in poverty. Also, since you're working so much to survive you won't find time to do what your passionate about. It's a vicious trap that I believe people with power want us to get trapped in. Think about it. If we work nine to five to buy the latest gadgets and toys who benefits from it? Large corporations obviously benefit from us being trapped in that situation. So I will do everything in my power to not get trapped. I will do what I'm passionate about and I will help others find their passions.
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