Show me the money

Show me the money

 Computer game, Starcraft, which was made by Blizard, has some key words that can make game easier. “Show me the money” is one of the key words that give 10000 minerals and gases for manipulating units. Getting 10000 minerals affects a lot to the game. It makes gamers in a state of millionaire, and he or she can make everything in the game.

 Like the key words in the game, I want to make a lot of money. Earning a lot of money is my ultimate goal also.

  Before elementary school entrance, my mother bought me Talmud. It is the book which tells us didactic stories about life. When I read the Talmud, the one sentence came in to my mind.

 -The most harmful things to human being are mouth and empty       wallet.-

Although this sentence emphasizes people to care about their conversations also, I focused on empty wallet only. After I saw this sentence, I recognized the importance of money.

‘With the money, I can do everything. In contrast, if I do not have enough money, I will live very misery life.’ With this idea, I entered the elementary school. Like most of elementary school children, I lived mundane and ordinary life. I walked to school early, played soccer with friends and write words politely with 4B pencil.

 However, the problem happened in Korean writing class. During the class, teacher required us to write about our dream. Many friends wrote their dream, such as scientist, doctor, and president. In my case, however, I wrote that my dream is earning a lot of money. I also wrote reasons.

-       I think money is powerful tool. We cannot buy things without money. Having a lot of money also ensures me happiness since it allows me to do many things. –

 But, my teacher did not accept my idea. She believed elementary school children’s dream should be something hopeful and idealistic. For her, my writing might be viewed as crazy thing. She called me and we had counseling time.

 “Joohyung, why didn’t you write about your real dream?”

 “Uh… Frankly speaking, this is my real dream.”

 “No, Joohyung, dream should be something you want to do in future. Something like occupations. “

 “ ………”

 “Earning money cannot be the most important thing. There are many things that cannot buy with money. Like your future and your dreams.”

 “………”

 “Understand? So write this again and give it to me until tomorrow.”

 ‘meh.’

Counseling with her wounded my soft and genuine innocence of childhood. After that counseling, in front of people I said my dream is scientist but I did not think it as my ultimate goal. Maybe, my life in elementary school was life of a hypocrite. I covered my sincerity.

Not only my teacher, but also people around me thought my dream as weird thing. They have some negative thoughts about earning a lot of money and being a rich. Maybe they are affected by the social culture that emphasizes thrift and saving. In addition, in Korean society, there were many problems that were brought by the rich people’s greed. So overall society has negative view toward wealth, and they doubt where the wealth originated from.

Also many teachers taught us like this. “Do what you want to do. Then the money will follow you, if you do something really well.” Teachers can be the main character in the movie 3 idiots.

Although teachers’ saying is really good, they are too idealistic. Not only teachers but also other people I want to ask a question.

Do you really take your job with your pure interest?

People want to be famous writers not just writers. Since famous writers can only earn a lot of money and get high social status.

Many people are not free from their financial problem. They are afraid of their saved money. But they hide their real problem, and saying fanciful words. They speak like they do not concern about money. Like my elementary school teacher.  

My dream is not the weird thing. I think it reveals most of people’s desire.

I want to say people to be frank. We should be frank to our own desire.

So I shout. “Show me the money.”