it's been a while...
Wow, it's been a while since I've written in this. I guess since the beginning of the semester...and here goes with the bad shit again. It seems all I write in here is something sad or disheartening. Oh well, I don't really want to write this anywhere else, and I really want to get my thoughts out.
I have been having a rough time with Habitat lately. I have been thinking long and hard about why I do it, and what is the real point of what I do for the organization. I am the fund raising chair, and I believe that I do a damn good job at it...I have been given an empty plate, and filled it with plenty of different opportunities to make money, and we haven't lost any money on anything so far this year. I have worked my ass off, mainly because I don't want to see this organization that I helped form fail. Then there comes the two MAJOR problems that I have with habitat. 1-our leadership. He has been...in the nicest terms that comes to mind, a disappointment. I am not the only one to think so, and I'm sure that I will not be the last. I really am beating a dead horse by saying this, but he absolutely sucks at what he does...if he even does anything. Threatening e-mails, demeaning comments, forcing someone to quit because of his actions. The person that has quit has been a true asset to the board over the last two years. She is someone who I truely see has the passion for habitat as much as I do...possibly even more. I don't even know what Habitat is going to be like without her. I really appreciated everything that she did and the ammount of effort that she put in. To see this talent and passion go to waste because of one person is bullshit. There should not be one person that should drive a wedge between someone and their passion/dreams. To see this happen just angers me, to the point of not knowing what to say/do. I can't stand to see talent wasted, while uslessness stay in power, it goes against everything I believe in. I have proposed to remove this person from his leadership position, but the rest of the board believes that 'things will get better'. They said this before she quit, and they still say it. It obviously isn't getting better if someone quit because of the douchebag. My major frustration is obvious, and one person should not be annoying me, especially when he doesn't even deserve an open ear.
Unfortunately, I'm not the only one to notice his flaws. Our site coordinator has even expressed his disgust over our leadership's actions. A volunteer that works with Habitat a lot and is out at the work site constantly (older gentelman, mind you) has even expressed HIS displeasure with our leadership. When this many people say that someone sucks balls...how can he retain power? Why hasn't anything been done? Seriously...what the fuck is wrong with everyone else?
Anyway, my second major concern with Habitat at this point is the volunteer base. I have tried to coordinate volunteers for a fund raising event, and many people are interested, and many sign up, but then at the last second they back out...time and again. This normally wouldn't bother me, except for the fact that the excuses that I get are 'I was too hungover', 'I wasn't sober yet', or my personal favorite 'I just didn't feel like it'. Many have told me, 'well, you can't blame them, they are just college students'. I really hate that saying. It's like people get a fucking 'get out of jail free card' when they hit the college level. 'I'm sorry I broke that window sir, I was drunk'. And somehow, it's ok, because 'oh, he's in college, what do you expect'. I really think it's time that someone raises the standards for college students. It's become a common stereotype for college students to be drunkards who run around and break shit, just because they can...and 'what do they know'. But when the fuck did college turn into a free ticket to parade around and break shit and get wasted underaged?? IT'S STILL ILLEGAL. No matter what, underaged drinking is illegal, no matter how much colleges try and prevent it, and avoid the subject, underaged drinking is the #1 problem on 95% of college campuses in the US.
I look at other countries, and I see that people take their schooling seriously. They take the blessing of even GOING to college, and they make the best of it...but then the youth of this country use it and piss 4 years of their life away getting wasted and majoring in basket weaving. Then people wonder how you can get a stupid fucking president in office....maybe if you pried the bottles away from their mouths they would get their asses out to vote. That's another thing that bothers me. I have heard so many people complain about the current president, and bitch and moan for hours. Then I interject with a simple question 'well...did you vote?'. The question is 90% of the time 'no'. IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE, DON'T BITCH ABOUT IT.
That's my rant about life right now...basically; I want to go back to Germany and run away from all this shit. w0rd.
I have been having a rough time with Habitat lately. I have been thinking long and hard about why I do it, and what is the real point of what I do for the organization. I am the fund raising chair, and I believe that I do a damn good job at it...I have been given an empty plate, and filled it with plenty of different opportunities to make money, and we haven't lost any money on anything so far this year. I have worked my ass off, mainly because I don't want to see this organization that I helped form fail. Then there comes the two MAJOR problems that I have with habitat. 1-our leadership. He has been...in the nicest terms that comes to mind, a disappointment. I am not the only one to think so, and I'm sure that I will not be the last. I really am beating a dead horse by saying this, but he absolutely sucks at what he does...if he even does anything. Threatening e-mails, demeaning comments, forcing someone to quit because of his actions. The person that has quit has been a true asset to the board over the last two years. She is someone who I truely see has the passion for habitat as much as I do...possibly even more. I don't even know what Habitat is going to be like without her. I really appreciated everything that she did and the ammount of effort that she put in. To see this talent and passion go to waste because of one person is bullshit. There should not be one person that should drive a wedge between someone and their passion/dreams. To see this happen just angers me, to the point of not knowing what to say/do. I can't stand to see talent wasted, while uslessness stay in power, it goes against everything I believe in. I have proposed to remove this person from his leadership position, but the rest of the board believes that 'things will get better'. They said this before she quit, and they still say it. It obviously isn't getting better if someone quit because of the douchebag. My major frustration is obvious, and one person should not be annoying me, especially when he doesn't even deserve an open ear.
Unfortunately, I'm not the only one to notice his flaws. Our site coordinator has even expressed his disgust over our leadership's actions. A volunteer that works with Habitat a lot and is out at the work site constantly (older gentelman, mind you) has even expressed HIS displeasure with our leadership. When this many people say that someone sucks balls...how can he retain power? Why hasn't anything been done? Seriously...what the fuck is wrong with everyone else?
Anyway, my second major concern with Habitat at this point is the volunteer base. I have tried to coordinate volunteers for a fund raising event, and many people are interested, and many sign up, but then at the last second they back out...time and again. This normally wouldn't bother me, except for the fact that the excuses that I get are 'I was too hungover', 'I wasn't sober yet', or my personal favorite 'I just didn't feel like it'. Many have told me, 'well, you can't blame them, they are just college students'. I really hate that saying. It's like people get a fucking 'get out of jail free card' when they hit the college level. 'I'm sorry I broke that window sir, I was drunk'. And somehow, it's ok, because 'oh, he's in college, what do you expect'. I really think it's time that someone raises the standards for college students. It's become a common stereotype for college students to be drunkards who run around and break shit, just because they can...and 'what do they know'. But when the fuck did college turn into a free ticket to parade around and break shit and get wasted underaged?? IT'S STILL ILLEGAL. No matter what, underaged drinking is illegal, no matter how much colleges try and prevent it, and avoid the subject, underaged drinking is the #1 problem on 95% of college campuses in the US.
I look at other countries, and I see that people take their schooling seriously. They take the blessing of even GOING to college, and they make the best of it...but then the youth of this country use it and piss 4 years of their life away getting wasted and majoring in basket weaving. Then people wonder how you can get a stupid fucking president in office....maybe if you pried the bottles away from their mouths they would get their asses out to vote. That's another thing that bothers me. I have heard so many people complain about the current president, and bitch and moan for hours. Then I interject with a simple question 'well...did you vote?'. The question is 90% of the time 'no'. IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE, DON'T BITCH ABOUT IT.
That's my rant about life right now...basically; I want to go back to Germany and run away from all this shit. w0rd.