YOUR COMMENTS

Only a small-minded person would be able to read this article and then be compelled to post a comment like the one Mark so generously provided.

But I for one am glad to see someone creating positive change through passion... especially in a world where so many are trying to destroy it through greed (and small-mindedness).

Cool stuff, Moriah.
- Murphy, New York City

My daughter graduated from Pinkerton Academy with Moriah. I'm proud of both of them. You go girl!!! You make your school proud!
- Lynn Peterson, Nottingham NH

I can't believe that someone could read this story and say something negative about Moriah. She's not "crying in her soup" she's making lemonade out of lemons. Moriah doesn't call herself an architect. She knows that she still has a lot of dues to pay. She's trying to make the world a better place while she continues to learn and build her credentials. I've known Moriah her whole life and Mark C. is way out of line with his comments.
- Ellen K, Deerfield

Mark
First off Mariah isn't "crying into her soup." I didn't once see her complain in this article about working in Tanzania or not having a job offer her in the US. She is HAPPY to be working in Tanzania.

Maybe your life is sad and pathetic so you need to take it out on people who are doing good things for people in need and enjoying it.
- Anna, Manchester

Wow Mark... instead of criticizing my colleague for the press calling her an architect (I don't think she's ever purported herself as one), how about you applaud her on her humanitarian approach to furthering her career? I am facing a similar situation and have found working in Tanzania to be a most fulfilling way to continue working in the architectural field without ever having to stand in an unemployment line.
I have worked with Moriah for a long time now, and I'm certain she will one day obtain a license - if she so desires. Perhaps a lesson you could learn from someone like her is that a license does not always make the architect...
- Frances Jemini, Blacksburg, Virginia

She has been earning every bit of education that will help Herself and the tradesman that are needed to complete the jobs, that's worth a million. Congrats to Moriah. We need more serious folks that can make a difference in this day and age.
- Jim W, Derry

Wow Mark jealous much that Moriah's doing something with her life. It also doesn't like she complaining about the money it seems like she can't find work here but can be a part of something great and work in her field there. Also she is working with a licnesed professional and I do not believe she is a licensed profesional if the article called her that then you need to take it up with the union leader.

Good for you Moriah keep the amazing work!!
- S, Manchester, NH

Moriah, More power to you! Your accomplishments and your future accomplishments are commendable. Follow your dream and help the dreams and "fairy tales" of others become a reality! A degree does not make a professional, true, nor does it make a compassionate person. You are proving that you can be one without the other. Good luck to you, whatever you do and wherever you go.
- Margaret A., Wallingford, Ct.

Wow. Once again, I'm amazed by the comments I read on this site. So, because she graduated from college two years ago, she deserves to be unemployed? Mark, since you are an architect, I assume when you were two years out of college you had some kind of job? Am I correct? Now that your colleagues are out of work - along with thousands of other Americans - suddenly college grads don't deserve employment? A little hypocritical, don't you think?
- D, Derry, NH

Mark, terrible to hear you're feeling so sorry for yourself. As an expatriate graduate (architect) -- a very American-centric concept(!) -- trust me, it is very possible to stay abreast of the US situation while residing abroad. It’s also nice, Mark, to have a fresh perspective looking in; one that you may benefit from.

Moriah, thank you for NOT letting the economy put your career development on hold and taking control of your own situation during this difficult time. I appreciate you sharing an uplifting story on a dreary, winter Wednesday in London. Best of luck to you in the future, which will be bright if you stick it out!
- Blake C, London, UK

I agree with Mark... it's a tough economy out there and those of us who have been proving ourselves in low paying jobs slowly moving up the ladder since graduation are finding ourselves faced with unemployement. A degree does not make a person a professional nor does it give them a career. They need to go out and find that themselves putting the time in. Moriah's a fresh-faced college grad, not an Architect. Though she's going great work for Tanzania... good for her!
- Rose, Manchester

She's not an architect.. she's just a graduate. Licensed professional are 'architects'. Sad she's not living the fairy tale she was sold in school... but the reality is that seasoned architects have lost their jobs and careers are on hold as they are unemployed. They are losing their homes and wondering how to put food on the table. Hard to listen to you cry in your soup when you have no idea of what's taking place in your career field to you fellow collegues.
- Mark C, Manchester, NH