Wednesday 14 October 2009

年輕人

從前讀商學院的時候,同學們,都好沉悶,循規蹈矩,毫無怪念頭。
他們每天關心的不過是股市匯市期市,現實的有點令我受打擊。
這樣的世界是可怕的,是無知的。
年輕的學生,不是應該趁機盡情地放縱——抓住僅有的幾年時間到處背包旅行,見識另一個完全不同的世界,領悟一些受用一生的道理嗎?
轉念一想,他們無非不是來受訓,而非求知。
目的性強,他們上學只為考得那證書一張,至於其他的授業、傳道、解惑,和他們統統無關。

自從脫離就業人群以來,念的是文理雙科,遇上的同學有趣許多。
文科的許多同學修習傳媒、政治、公共政策研究,各式各樣的想法層出不窮,叫我好生佩服。
理科的同學有修習環境科學和人類學的,他們則是知識面廣博,並且都胸懷拯救人類的大志,我等甘拜下風。

法文班上有一個女生特別有趣,上次説道政府的施政政策其中的學生貸款計劃。
前排的某亞裔女同學剛剛讚完,她接過話題即刻開彈——政府如是的政策只益了社會上比較有錢的人,無產如我的,根本毫無得益,歸根結底,還是製造貧富懸殊。
今天討論社會醫療保障制度,我的論點是,即便沒有也可以運作的良好,美國便是一個例子。
當然,醫療保障制度近期在《紐約時報》成爲熱點,有興趣的可以參詳各式論點,外人如我,不便多說。
這位同學即刻反擊——但如果沒有醫療保障制度,市民沒有保障,對任何人都不公平。
對,當然不公平,但龐大的醫療開支最後仍舊是納稅人埋單,請問貴國政府收稅甚高,如非因此,你又如何享受免費醫療?
她認爲最重要的一點應當是公平,一個公平的社會比一個富裕的社會更加重要。
我當時很想站起來為這位同學鼓掌。
感謝她的良知和良心,也終於見到了羊國下一世的希望。
這位同學上個月參選學生會幹事,不知道成事與否,祝順利。

10 comments:

g said...

"他們每天關心的不過是股市匯市期市,現實的有點令我受打擊。"

talking abt investment, i wish i hv dipped in it at an earlier time though. =_=
May mulitply savings many times capitalising on the 大升浪 from 2003-2007 and could afford a flat now.

i thought i was was too 純情 before, just saving $ thru fixed deposits, haha!

c.r said...

LOL. not at all. but it does sound really scary when they were only 18-y-o's. they behave as if they were like 100 years old. that breaks my heart.

i hope that you'll find your way in the stock mkt. or whatever that mkt might be! :)

g said...

sigh sigh sigh. u dunno know, these days i am thinking deeply how to "money finds money" in order to secure, say rental income/stable dividends, for my old days. Not young now and no one to 養 me. No pension now just seems-always-shrinking-doing no better-than-mine MPF. LOL

matureness/老積..is a curious thing. One may also view a very young girl in love of literature with deep thoughts as 老積...just that u're mature/more advanced in other aspectss...

c.r said...

yeah, rental income sounds good. does rental incomes get taxed?

you're not old and i'm sure you'll find someone that you love and spend the rest of your life with him.

i dunno how one should define matureness. i'm always avoiding things, i guess that means i'm not very mature? XD

g said...

yeah..of course taxed. Interestingly, after the financial tsunami, many ppl are back to the basic ie bricks. But the liquidity of flat is lower than stocks, and fear of 租霸 still loooms. ok, ok much money talk. But these days i am obsessed with property/stock forums/blogs. it is quite interesting because from their stories u can see economic cycles, philosophy, and the vicissitude of life.

c.r said...

hmmm, maybe i shall introduce you to my financial planner friend. XD

g said...

no, i hate financial planner XD

would rather be the financial planner of myself , haha!

c.r said...

:D

sounds like a plan then. are there courses to take to become a financial planner?

the word "finance" makes me sleepy already. :(

g said...

no particular plan. i don't eveny buy insurance haha. i just save save save and (occasionally) buy stocks.

yes. secretly there is a plan. i want to save up to an amount which allows me to spend 70% on a REIT that produces an annual dividend equivalent to my present annual income, and the rest for property investment/cash for emergency. but know it is a very long road ahead.

cr said...

i don't have insurance either. i used to be forced to purchase my health insurance. somehow i just stopped after i graduated from uni. XD (ppl are less likely to die from pulling to many all nighters)

my dad once offered me a little money to play in the stock mkt. i kindly refused him. i was not born to be an investor. i'm so bad with money. :(

i dunno what the interest rates are like in hk. but the australian reserve bank has recently increased their interest rates. maybe you can speculate on australian dollars and used term deposits in AUDs? (could be a stupid idea, what do i know, i got a bear pass in finance paper)