It is that time of year again. The new iPhone is out, and it seems everyone wants it. In the “Finish this sentence” section of the October issue of the Orb, a student stated “HSE is stereotyped as rich snobs.” Listening to conversations in the hallways recently, I see proof of this every day.

The ungratefulness that permeates throughout the school when a new device is released is overwhelming. People don’t value what they have; they only know what they want. Spoiled teenagers are upset when their parents refuse to buy them the new iPhone because “It isn’t fair!” What isn’t fair is the fact that millions of people on this planet go day to day living in poverty, only seeing a hint of technology in their lives. If a man in Fishers, Indiana, wants to talk to his relative who resides in another country, he has an endless amount of online resources to do that. But if a man living in a remote area in Africa, or a slum in India, wishes to speak to his relative in another country, it might not be as easy. A large quantity of people in this world can’t even afford an iPhone, let alone have access to the internet, and yet a teenager in Fishers lets the fact that he doesn’t have the new iPhone ruin his day.

We need to be more grateful and understanding of our situation. Our lives have become so dependent on technology and the internet, we just expect it to be given to us. Instead, we need to value how lucky we are to have in our pockets what someone on the other side of the world only has in their dreams.