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i do not like my microeconomics class. every time i think, "finally, i am beginning to understand this. look at me! i am graphing a price elasticity of demand curve! now i am calculating the marginal utility per dollar for a glass of beer! look at me go!" i check my answers and discover that i am wrong, all wrong. the questions i do get right appear to be flukes. i hope my test tomorrow is multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions like "the major source of revenue for the federal government is the personal _ _ _ _ _ _ tax"
i like to think that i am a fairly logical person (not necessarily in my actions, but in my thoughts) but this economics bullshit is going to make me insane. it should be logical, i keep telling myself. it is MATH and GRAPHS and COEFFECIENTS and all those other mathematical things that i happen to hate.
but: it is not logical. why? because none of the answers make any sense. who uses this crap? people buy the best that they can afford. they don't buy things they don't have the money for, or things that bring them no satisfaction/usefulness. companies don't produce products that don't make any money. they don't think, "hmm, what is the marginal benefit of this can of soda versus the marginal cost? is the marginal utility greater than that of the bottle of juice? what is my real income here?" they just buy crap that they want. the end.
i want to kill myself. or someone. preferably adam smith. invisible hand THIS, muthafucka!
update: i feel stuck. i'm remembering why i didn't want to go to college, remembering my objections to the whole idea of "higher education" as it is currently structured, and remembering how much i just plain hate school. in two years i've spent so much time and so much of my parents' money that i feel like i can't back out now. i'm in a job that i love and that pays well. if i worked full-time, i could get health insurance, paid time off, all those lovely benefits that come from having a real job. i only expected to have a job like this once i graduated from college. now what's the point?
i like to think that i am a fairly logical person (not necessarily in my actions, but in my thoughts) but this economics bullshit is going to make me insane. it should be logical, i keep telling myself. it is MATH and GRAPHS and COEFFECIENTS and all those other mathematical things that i happen to hate.
but: it is not logical. why? because none of the answers make any sense. who uses this crap? people buy the best that they can afford. they don't buy things they don't have the money for, or things that bring them no satisfaction/usefulness. companies don't produce products that don't make any money. they don't think, "hmm, what is the marginal benefit of this can of soda versus the marginal cost? is the marginal utility greater than that of the bottle of juice? what is my real income here?" they just buy crap that they want. the end.
i want to kill myself. or someone. preferably adam smith. invisible hand THIS, muthafucka!
update: i feel stuck. i'm remembering why i didn't want to go to college, remembering my objections to the whole idea of "higher education" as it is currently structured, and remembering how much i just plain hate school. in two years i've spent so much time and so much of my parents' money that i feel like i can't back out now. i'm in a job that i love and that pays well. if i worked full-time, i could get health insurance, paid time off, all those lovely benefits that come from having a real job. i only expected to have a job like this once i graduated from college. now what's the point?