Oral History...Joshua Gonzales

Joshua Gonzales, 23

Joshua is a student at West wood college. He is a part of the Criminal Justice Program that is offered there. Soon he will graduate and hopes to find employment as a Chicago police officer. He was raised as and still is a die-hard White Sox fan. He has been in the same happy relationship with his girlfriend for nearly five years. As of right now, Joshua lives at home with his parents in a basement apartment.

If there were one thing about the world that you were able to change what would it be and why?

Honestly...Money. Let me explain, i truly believe that money is the root of all evil. Without money, or society's dependence on money, so many of society's problems would not exist. You know, if everyone had to fend for themselves there wouldn't be as much crime as there is in the world...or even separate social classes. Everyone would be equal.

So, you feel that money is the only thing that is keeping all people from being equal?

No, but, Money divides society and create classifications for people. If we didn't have money we wouldn't have social classes. Without social classification people would have more equality than they do with it. So, even though diminishing social class differences doesn't make the world equal, it is a start. To accomplish anything you need to start somewhere don't you.

(laugh) Ya i guess so.

Besides money, what are some of the major problems in society today?

Other than money? Well, the government is a big problem. The government is so sneaky and they all lie. Well i can't really exclude money from the major problems because they all revolve around money. The government lies because of or for money. People fight and die for money. Unemployment is a big problem in today's society. That revolves around money. Crime happens because of money too. Today's society is also to dependent on the media. That is pretty much it. The world is too dependent on money and media. That and... there are to many cubs fans in this world.

What logical solution would you suggest to solve these problems?

Whoa...(light laugh) Its to late to solve the worlds dependence on money. There is no solution to these problems. Our world as we know it is coming to an end. Our past leaders have ruined everything for us. The rest of the world hates America, and soon, there will be a nuclear war. That will be the end of man kind, a war. Wait, there is one problem we can stop worrying about. (light laugh) the cubs, that problem will solve itself. We can just take down wriggle field and build a giant bar, that's all it is anyway.


Oral History done by: Samantha Dati