Some Thoughts

This morning in my Theology class with Fr. Dacanay he posed an interesting story. The story is about 2 students. One is on scholarship, the other isn't. One has to pay for his tuition, the other doesn't. The twist? The person with the scholarship pays for the other student's tuition by taking the money his parents give him and giving it to the other dude. This lasts for the whole of their college stay and is only revealed to everyone on graduation day.

Did he have the right to do that? Did the guy with the money have the right to hoodwink his parents' and take their cash and use it, for all intents and purposes, for his own schemes? I mean, sure, he did something unbelievably noble (I rightfully give him all the props in the world for that) but think about it. He lied. They lied. To everyone. I'm sure when everyone found out, everyone was all smiles and Omg's. But think about the parents of both students. One couple unwittingly spent their money for someone else's benefit. Okay sure, we can hope that one day, that dude will be able to pay them back for it (and in my opinion, he should have because it's the right thing to do) but there is that off-chance that their son screwed up and gave their hard-earned cash to some crazy psycho (again, just a what if here). That's a awfully GIGANTIC risk on their son's part. Dude had some balls to lie to them like that. Now what about the other dude's parents? Assuming they had no idea that this was going on, how did they feel when everyone found out that basically, they were financially incapable of providing for their son? How embarrassing was that? Again, the right thing to do in this situation is to find a way to pay them back but shouldn't it be harder to settle a debt in the future with inflation and all?

I don't want to poop on a the feel good story of the day but it's just...there are two sides to every story. It just seems like we're overlooking the fact that in this day and age, someone's got to foot the bill. You can call the guy a good Samaritan but in the end, was it his money to spend? What if his parents really needed every penny and that money was the equivalent of a longer tenure at their crummy job? What if they could've used the money on something else equally important but more dear to them (oh say, like their own son)?

Yes, what that kid dude was truly amazing but he didn't have to pay for it. Sure you can go with the "yeah but he'd have to maintain his grades at a high level so that he himself wouldn't have needed the money and that was hard work in itself" card but at the end of the day, that isn't his cash he's using to fund someone else's future. Though incredibly noble, was it right for him to do that?



In other important news, THERE WILL BE A MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2. You know what's even better? IT'LL BE COMING TO THE PS2!!!!!!! God, thank you very much.

Anyway, that's all for now. Toodles everyone.