The Times They Are

It's the end of another semester here, and folks are looking forward to their futures with dread, excitement, anticipation, fear...
It's so different from when I was ready to graduate. GET A JOB - a job. Now it's - what kind of job do I want - there are so many more choices and options, even in rough economic times.
Yet, many students act as if they have no where to go.
What is wrong, people?! It is so true - youth is wasted. If this were MY time, I'd be:
Teaching English as a second language in China or Mexico or....
Working on a cruise ship as activities coordinator or...
Freelancing my way across country, computer and camera and atlas at my side or...
Looking into graduate school in a totally different field than the one I just spent the last four years exploring or...
Traveling as a nanny or...
Joining the Peace Corps, City Year, VOA...
And still my students, many, not all, sit and sulk and opine about their limited futures.
Limited? Haven't they checked the Internet lately?
The world is truly theirs, in so many shapes and sizes and locations.
Get out there (okay, that is an ad, but it's true).
Face the brave new world bravely and confidently. And know that I am extremely jealous!