Have you watched The Matrix recently?

Have you watched The Matrix recently? Remember the scene where Neo is offered the red pill or the blue pill?

For those of you who are not Matrix fans, here's the synopsis. Computers have taken over the world and are using humans as living batteries to power their existence. The computers found that humans waste away   Nike Shox Shoes,without something to live for, so they plug the humans into The Matrix-a computer simulation of everyday life in the late 1990's, complete with cubicles, rush hour, and the endless rat race.

The only problem with the Matrix is that there are a small percentage of people who feel in their soul that this existence is a lie. Neo, the main character, is one of these, and starts searching for answers.The pivotal scene unfolds. Neo must choose whether to take the blue pill, and wake up in his bed the next morning to blindly continue his life in the Matrix, or take the red pill, and learn the truth.

My oldest son is finishing his junior year in high school, and he will soon be facing that same pivotal choice. Life with the blue pill is very appealing. Get a good job, start a family, live in the suburbs, work for 45 years, and retire comfortably. He would never be fabulously wealthy, but he would do Nike Blazer SB,okay. Our educational system is designed to mold our young people for this future. After all, we need good workers, right?

But what Matrix would he be living under? Would he be voluntarily conforming to the artificial boundaries of life in corporate America?

When I was in his shoes, I didn't know there were other options. I pursued the path of getting a good education as an engineer, getting a good job, and...surprise, surprise! Life was not easy. I could barely afford to buy a house in the suburbs, commuted an hour and a half each way to work, and never had time to spend with my kids. I felt like the adults in my life had sold me a lie.