In Stephen Klemm’s Toulmin argument “Quality Headphones”, he says, “The idea of spending $300 on headphones is becoming more and more accepted.” While Klemm brings up an excellent point, that even college students should be able to buy themselves nice things, spending $300 on headphones is something that I, personally, will never understand. I think Klemm using students was a great example. Being a “student” is usually indicative of living off of Ramen Noodles and driving five miles out of the way just to find gas that’s a couple cents cheaper. So how can these hard pressed students justify spending $300 on something as frivolous as headphones? Granted, some students may genuinely be able to afford them and have the purchase not affect their…show more content… They want to buy the newest/coolest technology and gadgets. Sometimes it’s to make themselves feel better, or it’s because they think they’ve earned this “thing” that costs so much. If there are more important things this money could be going towards, then it should be going to that. Having a roof over my head, food in my stomach, and gas in my car are far more important to me than some over-priced headphones. I’m sure there is a nice computer or a book that they could get more use out of. I also think it’s important to teach financial responsibility young. Here it’s $300 for some headphones, in the future it could be a $600 car payment every month for the next 72 months just because they thought they “had to have” a brand new…show more content… Maybe to someone these headphones are the most important thing to them and they scrimp and they save and they sacrifice because they want them so badly. In my personal experience you can never judge/stereotype anyone by the clothes they wear, the car they drive, or even the house they live in. It would probably be pretty easy to see someone wearing $300 headphones while riding the bus and studying for a test and think that they probably couldn’t afford them and that they probably should have used their money more wisely. It’s not our place to judge though. We don’t know their story, their background nor their reason for having $300 headphones. And that’s alright, we don’t need to know. When I went and traveled around Europe a few years I am sure there were people who maybe thought I could have used my money differently. But it was my money and it was my choice and I do not regret the trip at all. I had so much fun and seeing all the sights and meeting new people and trying new things brought me real happiness, just like expensive headphones might bring someone else a similar kind of
