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14th October 2011

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I was a religion major. Most jobs want business or computing majors, but my passion was (and still is) the big questions in life.  I don’t regret my decision. I’m almost done with my student loans, but I had to go bankrupt on credit cards.  Some choices I made were foolish.  Others were necessary at the time.  Now I live with my mom to help make ends meet. I’ve worked retail for eight years. BUT I HAVE A JOB! So many people in this world would switch places with me in a heartbeat, rather than continue dying of famine or disease. Some of my peers object: “I didn’t go to college to sell clothes.”  I’m appalled by their sense of entitlement. You don’t need to like your job - but don’t look down on mine. I don’t share your opinion - so don’t speak for me. OCCUPY WALL STREET, you do NOT speak for me. I am the 53%: working hard, and grateful for my life.

I was a religion major.

Most jobs want business or computing majors, but my passion was (and still is) the big questions in life.  I don’t regret my decision.

I’m almost done with my student loans, but I had to go bankrupt on credit cards.  Some choices I made were foolish.  Others were necessary at the time.  Now I live with my mom to help make ends meet.

I’ve worked retail for eight years.

BUT I HAVE A JOB!

So many people in this world would switch places with me in a heartbeat, rather than continue dying of famine or disease.

Some of my peers object: “I didn’t go to college to sell clothes.”  I’m appalled by their sense of entitlement.

You don’t need to like your job - but don’t look down on mine.

I don’t share your opinion - so don’t speak for me.

OCCUPY WALL STREET, you do NOT speak for me.

I am the 53%: working hard, and grateful for my life.

  1. caseyd2 reblogged this from the53
  2. wearethe99thpercentile reblogged this from the53 and added:
    Hmmm. The EXIF data in this photo’s had almost everything stripped out. Including the date. I wonder why. Could it be...
  3. dresdendollface reblogged this from the53 and added:
    even have a clue what Occupy is about?
  4. nonyap reblogged this from not53 and added:
    Perhaps this guy moved “in and out” of the 53%? I think his point is that he’s taking responsibility for his own choices...
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  6. not53 reblogged this from the53 and added:
    mother, you do not earn enough to pay Federal income tax. And you are probably a dependent
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  8. ragingbitchfest reblogged this from pallas-athena and added:
    Reblogging again because that is an A+ rant. I had similar experiences in retail, and now that I’m unemployed I AM...
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  10. ladylaguna reblogged this from pallas-athena and added:
    Maybe we shouldn’t speak for this guy, but I’m pretty sure nowhere under the “American dream” is the paragraph stating...
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