I know it has been a minute, but life happens as we all know. Just something I wanted to get off my chest. Read it, then holla at me to let me know what you think.
There are some things that I want to discuss. I remember, that when I was younger, I was always told that when you get an education you could do what you wanted to do. I thought that this statement was always true but now I wonder. The way that things seem to be lately, it seems like to be extremely successful, you either don’t need an education or you need to know someone with some type of power or authority. It is sad because I have seen many of cases of this and it is very discouraging. Not only to me, but to the youth who are going to college and realize that there are no jobs available or realize that friend who have not went to college have positions that in all reality should belong to them.
It took me 15 years to go back and get my degree. It is funny because with my experience, I would think that my degree would be the icing on the cake for me. But it seems like companies do not want to take a chance on people. The caveat is always you don’t have any experience, but how do they every expect you to get any experience if nobody will take a chance on you. I am Donta Walker, my mother and father were both factory workers, if my parents owned their owned their own business, were athletes or in entertainment, then they would people would give me a chance for my name alone. That is a shame, but it is completely true.
I understand that there are other things that come into play, but it seems like businesses do not want to take chances on new people. But, a man who has not finished college, but has played pro basketball for several years can get a television or radio show. A man who has not finished college, but has sold a couple of records can become the president of a record label or start his own clothing line. I do not think that the system is fair because it does not give the same opportunities to everyone. The list of American billionaires is filled with people who dropped out of college including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, and Richard Branson. Society embraces them for their accomplishments, but shuns other individuals who have not completed school. And even more, if you do have a plan for a business, they make it so difficult for you even get the opportunity to start a business that most people cannot get through all the hoops. So that is why small businesses are not being started and jobs not being created.
The only two things that I have ever wanted to do were to help people and make people laugh. Getting the opportunity to do either does not look promising. It seems like the ability to help others in a manner that I see fit will only happen if I hit the lotto and can start a foundation. It is amazing to me the lack of enthusiasm that government or corporations have in helping people do something constructive. I hope that I can get an opportunity to start a company, a non-profit, and do something constructive. But the lack of help makes me wonder. That is just my experiences and opinion.
