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Education should teach the youth of today to honour any agreement they voluntarily entered into. Not unlearn it.

I have just visited my cousin and her daughter who is a student is excited because in America all the student debt has been hand waved away.

This is a very alarming president and I tried to tell Anne that this sets a bad example to the young who are just entering the work place. Being absolved of important formal agreements does not foster an environment where diligence, back bone and general good work ethic are fostered.

She then started spewing a tirade of reactionary progressive clap trap that she can only have picked up at university. This was startling because she is only studying Art History so I thought she would be insulated from this kind of indoctrination.

What is strange is that she gets so emotive about this but despite herself having just finished her 1st year,she hasn't herself received any external financial assistance so this issue doesn't affect her at all.

This is another issue that is very concerning with modern education; it is almost cult like how they make the young care about things that have no effect on them and often these things in question were unknown to them before they were removed from their parents vigilance.

She then saw that she had made me quite upset and so tried to offer apologies but I decided to leave. On my ride home she sent me forlornly reticent texts but when I saw that she uses pictures and abbreviations, I decided it would not be worth my time engaging with her.
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SkeetSkeet · 100+, F
In another 5 years you'll be senile and forced to live in a nursing home. None of this will all matter.
CestManan · 46-50, F
@SkeetSkeet You are f'ing ruthless. I love it. 😁
@SkeetSkeet Well thank you for that cheerful note this morning. 😂 But you don't know that. And at 76, I certainly don't feel that way. I have many other options and my family cares about me and would take me in, in a heartbeat even right now, but I do not want to put that on them. I love my Independence and I love learning and growing and I feel just as youthful as I did when I was in my twenties. I keep my mind sharp and study things, learn new things everyday, and trust that God will give me the strength to do many more things before I kick the bucket. 😂 In fact I know He will, because He has brought me through many difficult situations.

A lot of people think, like you, that just because some are old, they have no life, but nothing could be further from the truth. Life is what you make it and you don't have to settle. Depends on your frame of mind. Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right!

I'm enjoying my life far more than I did any other time in my life. There is no such thing as "time" for me. Everything is calm, I've learned what matters and what doesn't, that no one could judge my value or worth, I can come and go as I please and hang out with whom I please and not put up with a bunch of bull.

I love my Independence. I can do with my time what I please and no one else to answer to and I don't have time to judge other people or worry about what they are, or are not, doing. I believe our life is more beautiful and happy when we help others. Life is beautiful when you take the time to look at all your blessings and what you're thankful for. And if there is ever a time that I don't have a choice but to go to a nursing home, I will make the best of it and make lots of new friends and still help others. Even more opportunities will open up for me and I'll have time to come places like here and help others. This is what I love to do. That's what makes life rich, valuable, and happy. No complaints here!