Santa Barbara

I was over at UC Santa Barbara over the weekend, a school known for it's crazy party ethic. While we were walking, a friend told me about this conversation he overheard from some UCSB students.

"You know what I like about being an engineering major? You're guaranteed a job after college."

The other guy goes, "Yeeeeeaaaaah that's the best part."

This seems to be the fundamental difference between Santa Barbara and Berkeley. They have this large contentedness for life. They are happy with it and they celebrate it. This is really me on the outside looking in. I'm sure the schoolwork gets people down from time to time, but it's nowhere near the cultural depression that Berkeley clouds over its students. Everyone is constantly competing with each other. Everyone is looking over to the next person and trying to set the curve. They try to go as far as they can but there is no purpose, no direction. What's the point of going far if you don't know where you are? You got A's but what else do you have? You got interviews and resumes, but why do you get up in the morning? For SB students, the concern is to be happy. Everything else is secondary. For Berkeley students, the concern is security. Dignity is secondary.

It's the ones at Berkeley looking for happiness that get screwed over at the end.