Is money important?

　　　Recently I read a piece of news which is about a female ex-legislator now is come down to live by picking up the garbage in Taiwan. It’s ironic that one person who used to have both money and fame now also lose both of them. At the end of the news, another legislator said, the more clean-handed you are the worse situation you will be. Being shocked by what the legislator said, I can’t help but think about the issue we discussed in the oral training class – the importance of money. My professor, Cristina, let us listened to the story in the tap before the discussion.

　　　The story is talk about a professional athlete who should choose to stay in the original football team or to go to the new team far away from his hometown. Now being the best athlete in his original team, he has a very good relationship with his coach and teammates. Compared to the ordinary people in his country, he is already wealthy. But the new team in England served him much more money. The discussion began; I have two partners and only one of them thought that as a “professional” athlete, he should go to the new team. But the reason is not the superficial money but the good chance to challenge and meliorate his ability. When professor asked us to vote, going to the new team is also the minority.
　
　　　If I were him, I would not leave my family and country to the new place where I am totally not familiar with. There is no guarantee that I can success in there and can also keep my family. Probably I prefer the stable life to the adventure. But then Cristina reminded us that the professional athlete’s life is short, actually. So do you change your mind? Yeah, this really shook my decision. What would life become without money? Shouldn’t I earn money as much as I can?? Does it seem like what the legislator said previously? As a short-life-worker, if you don’t seize the chance to make a fortune, you would never have that again. But, there’s also no guarantee that I can have a better life after I retire if I earn a lot of money now. So is money really so important?

　　　At the end of the class, we see a poem about what money can buy. I quote some of the sentences. “It can buy you a house, but not a home; it can buy you a clock, but not time; it can buy you a book, but not knowledge; it can but you sex, but not love.” I believe money can help a lot but also can destroy us once we misuse it. Still, I can’t forgive those “overtake” public servant. You do how many things and take how much money, although your job’s life is short or whether you may suffer from broke later. I hope I would never become those who never satisfy with money or being unhappy because of money. Then I can stay in my wonderful country, live my own life, and cherish what I have now.