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In reply to the discussion: 1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed that is Freakin 50% [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)10. College sucks, we've all been sold a bill of goods. I'm fighting it.
College is great for many, and maybe even for every person it can be said that there is an appropriate post-secondary educational program that will work for them.
But this BULLSHIT IDEA THAT YOUR KID IS A FAILURE IF THEY DON'T GO RIGHT INTO FUCKING COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL...
Is going to ruin more lives than we realize.
It already is.
Let kids work, try part time community college, learn to live, be self-supportive, work with their hands, develop people skills.
I swear our country has it's head up it's ass.
Thanks it, rant off.
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1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed that is Freakin 50% [View all]
lovuian
Apr 2012
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and they are deep in debt with student loans............................
REACTIVATED IN CT
Apr 2012
#2
"College graduates who majored in zoology, anthropology, philosophy, art history and humanities " ..
hack89
Apr 2012
#4
Hate to tell you this, but more and more legal work is being outsourced to India
MadHound
Apr 2012
#28