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<blockquote data-quote="RLR" data-source="post: 270880" data-attributes="member: 486"><p>Thank god! I was worried that players were leaving b/c CPJ systematically over-recruited at certain positions, especially DB. Good thing the players leaving are a societal flaw and not in any way a flaw with our program.</p><p></p><p>Also, as a millennial who has never received a participation award, can someone direct me to where I can pick mine up? sounds pretty dope. </p><p></p><p>Also, just a few reminders about me that are probably representative of my generation:</p><p></p><p>(1) unless you're 75+ years old, I've lost a lot more close friends to war than you have.</p><p></p><p>(2) over half of you probably couldn't get in to GT today. Some of you are out of touch of how competitive it is at the top of my generation. Your stereotypes seem to focus on a broad, undefined view of my generation, while your "good ol days" memories are oddly specific.</p><p></p><p>(3) the cost of college has skyrocketed in the past 15 years. State funding per student has decreased, among other factors. This is largely due to decades of underfunding YOUR healthcare and social security entitlements coupled with YOUR tax breaks. Lol do you think anyone in my generation thinks we'll collect social security? Do you know how much your child's share of the U.S. national debt is? </p><p></p><p>(4) I graduated in the worst economic period of anyone on this board (unless you're 85+ years old) </p><p></p><p>(5) in my very last class at GT, my professor told our class "your lifetime earning will be millions of dollars less than the people who graduated 10 years before you and who will graduate 10 years after you. Most of you will work in jobs that add no value and should/will be replaced my computers in the near future. It won't be easy, but you better accept this now and start trying to figure something out". (Is this what you mean by a safe-space?)</p><p></p><p>(6) I scored in the top 1 percentile on the LSAT & got a 6 figure scholarships to top-14 law schools. after my first year, the best internship i could get was a full-time unpaid gig. I worked probably an average of 60 hours a week without pay. {sorry for feeling entitled that I should be compensated for my work, especially on a college football blog)</p><p></p><p>(7) if you compare apples to apples, the top percentage of my generation is more diverse, cultured, well read, better at math/science, has 100000x more access to information than your generation. Ironically, not many people in this category have self-confidence. most of the people i went to school with had severe anxiety, self-doubt, mental-illness, severe low self esteem. imagine being the top of your class and spending your whole life working towards obtaining these degrees, only to realize that there's nothing there for you, and none of it mattered. suicides aren't uncommon. neither are addictions to prescription pills and overdoses. It's a very sad way to lose a friend. But again, sorry for being over-emotional.</p><p></p><p>I can't speak for every millennial, but I don't think the problem is that we feel entitled to anything. If anything, we're too cynical and think this whole damn system is one big scam. . . the follies of knowing math. The problem, from our perspective, is that the older generation feels entitled to tell us how to live. I'm sorry, ya'll dropped the ball in a big way. What confidence do we have in you to blindly submit to your authority? The past few decades of that haven't worked out too well for us. Maybe it's time to look in the mirror rather than yelling at the kids to get of your lawn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RLR, post: 270880, member: 486"] Thank god! I was worried that players were leaving b/c CPJ systematically over-recruited at certain positions, especially DB. Good thing the players leaving are a societal flaw and not in any way a flaw with our program. Also, as a millennial who has never received a participation award, can someone direct me to where I can pick mine up? sounds pretty dope. Also, just a few reminders about me that are probably representative of my generation: (1) unless you're 75+ years old, I've lost a lot more close friends to war than you have. (2) over half of you probably couldn't get in to GT today. Some of you are out of touch of how competitive it is at the top of my generation. Your stereotypes seem to focus on a broad, undefined view of my generation, while your "good ol days" memories are oddly specific. (3) the cost of college has skyrocketed in the past 15 years. State funding per student has decreased, among other factors. This is largely due to decades of underfunding YOUR healthcare and social security entitlements coupled with YOUR tax breaks. Lol do you think anyone in my generation thinks we'll collect social security? Do you know how much your child's share of the U.S. national debt is? (4) I graduated in the worst economic period of anyone on this board (unless you're 85+ years old) (5) in my very last class at GT, my professor told our class "your lifetime earning will be millions of dollars less than the people who graduated 10 years before you and who will graduate 10 years after you. Most of you will work in jobs that add no value and should/will be replaced my computers in the near future. It won't be easy, but you better accept this now and start trying to figure something out". (Is this what you mean by a safe-space?) (6) I scored in the top 1 percentile on the LSAT & got a 6 figure scholarships to top-14 law schools. after my first year, the best internship i could get was a full-time unpaid gig. I worked probably an average of 60 hours a week without pay. {sorry for feeling entitled that I should be compensated for my work, especially on a college football blog) (7) if you compare apples to apples, the top percentage of my generation is more diverse, cultured, well read, better at math/science, has 100000x more access to information than your generation. Ironically, not many people in this category have self-confidence. most of the people i went to school with had severe anxiety, self-doubt, mental-illness, severe low self esteem. imagine being the top of your class and spending your whole life working towards obtaining these degrees, only to realize that there's nothing there for you, and none of it mattered. suicides aren't uncommon. neither are addictions to prescription pills and overdoses. It's a very sad way to lose a friend. But again, sorry for being over-emotional. I can't speak for every millennial, but I don't think the problem is that we feel entitled to anything. If anything, we're too cynical and think this whole damn system is one big scam. . . the follies of knowing math. The problem, from our perspective, is that the older generation feels entitled to tell us how to live. I'm sorry, ya'll dropped the ball in a big way. What confidence do we have in you to blindly submit to your authority? The past few decades of that haven't worked out too well for us. Maybe it's time to look in the mirror rather than yelling at the kids to get of your lawn. [/QUOTE]
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