|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:28 PM Original message |
College grads getting left with low-level jobs |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. We should all become plumbers. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As long as we aren't named 'Joe' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. This crap started thirty years ago. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The Democratic Party Leaders would be wise to.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. I would love to tell you that, but my dear, dead mother taught me that lying was wrong. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. to be fair, there are lots of folks with different experiences.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Lots of folks got screwed with their pants on, too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Oh what? No reply? Why not? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I got my Bad Attitude in 1985 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Tell Me About It |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh cry me a river |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
virgdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I'm in the same boat you are.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Nothing like solidarity with people as fucked over as you are. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Thank you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Of course, because younger generations are whiny brats addicted to their iPhones |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. what you said |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. The Problem is Not |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It is new |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. bootstraps? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. This Is Exactly |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
68. Sounds familiar |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well At Least I'm Not Alone |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. They've got jobs? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Its been happening for years. College education is a joke to many who've walked the hallowed halls. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. All this talk about the value of an education means shit. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's the fucking truth. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep - complete bullshit... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Oh, Don't even bother showing the 2009 data! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. (facepalm) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. 1) 2% ---> 4% is a 100% increase. 2) Oh noes 4% unemployment.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. About your comprehension skills... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. (facepalm) "of" = multiplication. "increase", "higher than", etc. = addition. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Didn't you once say you were a teacher? LOL |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. You are completely wrong, and BlooInBloo is completely right. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Proud to be dragging down the median for bachelor's degrees... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. I'm Not Going to Argue |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm sorry you feel that way, but it simply isn't always true.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You took a giant ass risk & it sort of panned out, sort of. Why does it have to |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. but I'm quite happy with my "shit" life.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Brother Mike, I am talking about right now, newly minted graduates, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. that's really terrible.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It is BECOMING true |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. well, I certainly don't have any "connections...." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. "Highly technical skills" don't mean anything. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. damn, you're talking about my LIFE as "self-serving and full of lies...." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I'm just speaking truth, which intellectuals don't want to hear. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. So now "intellectuals" is a bad word |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Intellectuals should be called "ineffectuals." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And more people's stories go like this: go into debt, work for less than minimum wage as an adjunct. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I'll take your word for it, but my experience is different.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
72. Well said, Mike nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Wish I could rec your reply here. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
71. Not if you value an education for its own sake |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-28-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. My daughter in law took college on in an unusual way. she went to Cosmetology school first |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Smart DIL! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. That's a smart young woman! nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. and she's gorgeous too.. My son has great taste (pic) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Such a lovely young lady! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. The market crash only made the situation worse. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. I graduated with a BBA from a small liberal arts |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. You said it well. I'm telling my college attending daughter the same thing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. Funny that there's no discussion at all that maybe folks were sold |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Old news (very old news). Welcome to the real world, kids. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. entrepreneurship (sp?) is mostly dead in America |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Funniest post I've read all day (n/t) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. ANd hope they never get sick or injured because they won't have health insurance |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. why won't they have health insurance? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. I can tell from this reply you've never practiced what you preach. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I'm one of those entrepreneurs I'm talking about also... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. You are taking jobs away from the working poor and teens! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Perhaps instead of just preaching, "go to college" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
59. I graduated over 30 years ago, have an advanced degree, and always had low level jobs |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. College Degree |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
67. That's the way it worked when I graduated in '82 as well |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. I have always worked with college grads at retail jobs and was glad I am not in debt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Sat May 04th 2024, 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC