Still About The Moolah

As I listened to a talk led by wedding video virtuoso Jason Magbanua in school today, I could not help but feel a bit discomforted when he frankly said that, "In the real world, you need to earn money." It got me thinking about the current state of the entertainment industry, the people around me who were mostly Fine Arts and Communications majors, the metro-sexually clad speakers, and of course, my future (if there is any) as a Political Science student.

Just to give you a brief history of how my college plan of study came about, the reason why I chose PoliSci to be my course was because, to be quite honest, it "sounded good." By that I mean the whole idea of politics intrigued me. Growing up, I kept up with news programs on television which were more or less 80% politics and 20% showbiz and trivial matters. Anyway, that whole development has led me to where I am today-sitting in front of a computer in Matteo while trying to keep up with my blog. (Not to mention, I still need to work on my readings and prepare for the orals.)My vision of PoliSci back then was an elite course for people who want(ed) to be lawyers.

But then I got into the study of Political Science only to find out that it was the exact opposite of what I've expected. The topics of qualitative analysis, communism, democracy, political theory, and famous (well, at least for those belonging to the course) names like Marx, Foucault, Plato, Arendt, Gramsci, Lenin, Easton, Zizek, Adorno, and others have all made me realize the disinterestedness of the course with the thing that people would die (or live) for in today's modern society: money.

Now you understand my dilemma. Magbanua says that in life, "You need to sell yourself." Although he meant selling individuality as sharing creative ideas, I thought that his statement sort of recapitulates the tendency of people nowadays to look at money as a supreme entity worthy of full dedication from those who are in pursuit of it. Maybe Magbanua was just being realistic. Maybe my course is a little too theoretical. Maybe this is the way the world's supposed to be. Maybe the world should be changed. All of these statements and possibilities are very confusing. One thing's for sure though, I am enduring a big crisis that I hope would not interfere with my future.