“You should apply for some scholarships”
Meanwhile all the major websites that have scholarships available you have to earn “tokens” for… and how do you earn those tokens?
Through buying bullshit like earbuds or a dog bed from corporations. Or! You can spend $9.99 to get 10 tokens (you need at least 100 to even apply for one)
So you spend minimum $5 to even APPLY… not even to actually get that money back to fund your education.
Capitalism really is everywhere. Fukkkk all you greedy money hungry losers 😒
Anyways here’s an essay I wrote for a scholarship about protecting the environment before I realized you had to pay to even apply. I’m pretty proud of it and it’s just sitting in my google docs so I thought I’d share c:
The environment has been a majorly important aspect of my life for as long as I can remember. I always found myself turning towards nature for solitude and healing, there was always a lesson to be found in the running water and trees as old as myself.
As I got older, my passion for nature and the natural world never faded, but became more extreme. Unfortunately, the more interested I became, the more educated I became.
I learned about the disgusting actions fueled by humans such as deforestation and ocean acidification due to pollution. My lack of understanding about how humans could do this to a system that sustained us for centuries made me hurt and angry, so I made those emotions productive.
I am passionate about the environment because the environment is passionate about us. My passion for protecting the environment stems from my knowledge of ecosystems and how they benefit organisms, humans are no outlier from that fact.
Exploitation of a network that continues to be so generous and offering of their resources is a direct cause of the loss of species I have grown up with and learned so much about myself from.
The natural world has been much more understanding and accepting of myself than any human throughout my life, so I am happy to do what I can to protect it.
My intense emotions were a driving force for my major of choice: wildlife ecology and conservation. I have had a specific passion for animals specifically since I was a little girl, I had always believed I would do something within the veterinary practice.
However, as I learn more about how animals live and benefit from plants, fungi, and abiotic factors, my passion for the overall idea of ecology grows. There are so many complex organisms that many people completely gloss over or show no interest in, despite being the reason for our survival and the evolution of our unique animal species.
My goal with my major is a heavy focus on conserving all parts of the environment, as things that may seem small or irrelevant can be a key part of the survival of wildlife. As I have learned in my climate science and ecology classes, carbon loss is a major problem for many aspects of our environment.
I have educated myself on natural carbon sequestration methods, and have become greatly interested in how restoration of ecosystems can greatly impact the outcomes of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of ecological distress. Restoring wetlands, forests, and aquatic ecosystems can create crucial carbon attracting sites, eliminating the amount of carbon stored in the atmosphere.
Defeating a problem such as extreme greenhouse gas emissions is greatly beneficial for endangered species and habitats, just like the ones that have been such core parts of my childhood.
Whenever possible, I will take the opportunity to talk about how extraordinary the natural world is, and along with that comes the discussion of conservation and preservation. The advice I give to those around me consists of individual methods they can do to decrease their carbon footprint, such as more walking and biking to short distances rather than taking a car.
However, most of my emphasis is on the fact that knowing who and what you support governmentally and economically has a drastic impact on the wellbeing of the environment. It is important to highlight aspects of life that may not seem like they are important in terms of climate change, such as electing politicians and mindfully sourcing food.
Whenever possible, I recommend shopping at local farmers markets and butcheries for crops and meat, as well as educating others on the policies of government officials.
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