speaker for my observation class

Today in my class we had a speaker come in for 15 minutes or so. This speaker had been there before but came again today. This time, he only gave a "motivational speech". Motivation was his key word today. He started by figuring out what motivates people. He gave a few things but then he said money. I found this interesting to hear. He went on to say that even though people will tell you that money doesn't matter in a job, it actually does. I found this shocking to hear in a motivational speech. I guess part of this is coming from a teacher's perspective. I mean, teachers can make decent money in the right district but it definitly isn't a job to make the big bucks in. I don't feel it was appropriate to simply say that money should motivate you and should drive you when thinking about a career. I truly believe that you should do something that you love. I mean, the idea of money should be in the back of your mind but it shouldn't be the deciding factor, unless that is the only thing you are looking for in a career. Then he continued to talk about the fact that international college students are starting to work in our job market and so they have to do well in school to beat them. I found this very offensive to international students. I know there were a couple in this middle school class and then of course the ones in college and I think it was a very risky comment to make because of the diversity of the class. There shouldn't be a difference in competetion between the international students and the American students. The job should go to the most qualified and that should be all. I didn't find this speaker to be very good, even though I'm sure most of the students didn't realize quite the same things as I did. It is definitly different looking at things from a professional viewpoint instead of a student viewpoint. Things seem to look so different. I like the point where I am now because I am still able to see things from each side which is good to get an overall view of a concept.