You know what offends me? When people talk about how poor some people are in the world. When we watch videos in class on poverty and people say things like "I felt so bad that they had to shop at the Salvation Army". And you know what else? In the video the woman was crying because she was explaining her situation and they were all the same things I've gone through. I mean, don't get me wrong, I felt bad for the woman. But these were things that I've just learned to deal with. Here were some of the things people made a huge deal about, that I've always just taken as given.

• Shopping at the Salvation Army
• Going over friends' houses, but not having friends over
• Living without electricity
• Living without hot water
• Being Thankful for a house telephone

There are so many things students here take for granted. They are SO spoiled. SO spoiled. I heard one kid in my class saying the other day "My dad told me if I bring home a 3.6 in December he's getting me a 2009 something something (insert fancy car name).." Other student- "Oh yeah my parents told me if I brought home a 3.6 I was getting their 2004 something something (insert another fancy car name)" First student- "Yeah but mine is 2009...I mean I deserve it though. In High School I was driving around a 2000 something something (insert in yet another overpriced, zealous, spoiled brats car). I mean, it was so embarrassing!" I thought to myself "I don't know what to be more ashamed of "My 1993 Mercury Toyota...or that I'm easedropping on a couple of rich kids' conversations..."
So Cornell, you've done it YET again, advertised "Open Doors, Open Minds" and "Any Person, Any Study", and have created a student body that is SO diverse it's like an actual society with a huge wage gap. The rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep getting poorer...