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<blockquote data-quote="Sideways" data-source="post: 412753" data-attributes="member: 2451"><p>At one time the idea of expanding your intellect and world view was to be sure a noble calling and a excellent idea but the cost of college these days has overshadowed everything to the point of absurdity. I will give three real life examples of people I happen to know personally. One of them is a pleasant young man, well in his early 30s who is a graduate of Alabama with a degree in African studies and recreation (double major I suppose). He is still driving the same car he had in college. and works at the local YMCA to which I belong as a personal trainer. Fair enough, I guess but at age 30 he has begun to suspect that he was sold a bill of goods as he is only making about $11 an hour. How he came to divulge this while we were discussing recruiting I will never know. </p><p></p><p> Another acquaintance at church has a daughter who majored in some kind of marketing and "international studies" and works as a barista at our local Starbucks for $10 an hour and she is in her mid to late 20s </p><p></p><p>My own daughter majored in English and struggled through a string of low paying jobs such as Minute Man press until she got a job as an executive assistant to the director of the Atlanta Opera. In essence, she did not find a "good job" until she was 31. All of them lament that they are burdened with heavy student loans and regrets of one kind or another. It is definitely caveat emptor and colleges should own up to it. IMHO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sideways, post: 412753, member: 2451"] At one time the idea of expanding your intellect and world view was to be sure a noble calling and a excellent idea but the cost of college these days has overshadowed everything to the point of absurdity. I will give three real life examples of people I happen to know personally. One of them is a pleasant young man, well in his early 30s who is a graduate of Alabama with a degree in African studies and recreation (double major I suppose). He is still driving the same car he had in college. and works at the local YMCA to which I belong as a personal trainer. Fair enough, I guess but at age 30 he has begun to suspect that he was sold a bill of goods as he is only making about $11 an hour. How he came to divulge this while we were discussing recruiting I will never know. Another acquaintance at church has a daughter who majored in some kind of marketing and "international studies" and works as a barista at our local Starbucks for $10 an hour and she is in her mid to late 20s My own daughter majored in English and struggled through a string of low paying jobs such as Minute Man press until she got a job as an executive assistant to the director of the Atlanta Opera. In essence, she did not find a "good job" until she was 31. All of them lament that they are burdened with heavy student loans and regrets of one kind or another. It is definitely caveat emptor and colleges should own up to it. IMHO [/QUOTE]
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