College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
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College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
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Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#2what a whiner. there's no place for whiners in this world. no wonder he's stuck at his warehouse job. and yes, i am one to speak. i graduated college in 2001, in the midst of the dot com bust and graduated with no job awaiting me either. i stuck with it, and made it work due to my passion. if i can do it, so can everybody else. i'm sorry, but complainers disgust me. they should go cry to their mommys.
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#3What a stupid article. What's with the sudden rash of "Don't Go to College" articles?
It is a WELL proven fact that people with college degrees earn far more during their lifetimes than those without degrees. See the second page of this report for a great graph: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#4What a stupid article. What's with the sudden rash of "Don't Go to College" articles? It is a WELL proven fact that people with college degrees earn far more during their lifetimes than those without degrees. See the second page of this report for a great graph: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
A bunch of disaffected college students just got out for the summer, and have more time to read and submit articles here.
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#5"landing a job as an accountant"
"I wish I had gone to prison"
What's the difference?
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#6Going to prison can still be arranged if Mr Castillo really wants to give it a try. I can think of a few ways he could make his way there, and none of them require any qualifications.
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#7I'm getting tired of people bitching about not coming out of school with a 6 figure job and a house.
You chose the wrong degree You are too lazy to network and find another job You'll be stuck in the warehouse forever
Stop bitching and change your own situation if you don't like it.
And he's 30, wtf? How long did he wait to go to college? or should I dare to inquire, how long did it take to finish?
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#8What a stupid article. What's with the sudden rash of "Don't Go to College" articles? It is a WELL proven fact that people with college degrees earn far more during their lifetimes than those without degrees. See the second page of this report for a great graph: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
It's not all that sudden... they keep surfacing every once in a while it seems.
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#9Yes, he's whining. But the undertone seems to be that he is crushed by debt to the point his life feels worthless. Therefore instead of spending those years only to accumulate debt, he is feeling he could have done just as well sitting in prison, for free.
I think the bigger issue is that people assume going to college leads to getting a job which leads to making more money. In this case, the whiner is stuck because the formula failed for him.
If we could somehow flip the conventional thinking into, going to college leads to building a solid foundation of perseverance and problem solving which can then be applied and traded for something you value, then things would be different. The whiner would then have a new formula which is observe the situation, solve the problem using a vast array of possible solutions and trade for something of value.
The problem in this case.. he can't seem to figure out how to get out of a warehousing job in a down market.
Sad.
Re: College grad: "I wish I’d gone to prison instead"
#10What a stupid article. What's with the sudden rash of "Don't Go to College" articles? It is a WELL proven fact that people with college degrees earn far more during their lifetimes than those without degrees. See the second page of this report for a great graph: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
Not to mention, you know, the bit about 'education' and 'refining your mind', which is supposed to be the purpose of the whole thing.