I am a business and political science major, meant to either tame the wilds of the “free” market or face the beast of the American “justice” system.

On the one hand, I am very excited to accept the challenges that both career fields would provide me, as well as the opportunity for a well to do and steady income, of course. Also, I have, after all, trained very diligently to be very successful in one or both professions and know I would do a top-notch job in both.

On the other hand, I cannot help but feel somewhat underwhelmed with my higher educational experience.

Do not get me wrong, there are some amazing engineers, CEOs, and future doctors among us, but the path for us is worrisome.

I imagined university would be a place of powerful young thoughts and noticeable youthful efficacy toward changing this world for the better. Instead, the logistics of the day to day grind toward A’s and B’s and the punishing effort required to ensure our “futures” has usurped any world-changing aspirations among us.

And no, I do not mean the next world-changing consumer electronics product or online business model. I mean, why does a sense of “societal lethargy” permeate through the ivory towers which my peers and I reside. Certainly, the engagement of the young in civil affairs has been low for quite a while but I can only speak to the je ne sais quoi of the disinterest which I observe daily.

I just mean to say, there exists a defeatist attitude regarding my generation’s ability to create a “better world.” We seem chained down by the yolk of practicality and the decreasing marginal utility and future value of attempting to see the sun.