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The problem is, from the time I was in 6th grade, I was force fed


that I had to go to college, a good college, and that I had to get a degree to be able to get a job. That is what every millennial was taught. Were they taught how to do this responsibly? Probably not and that would be the fault of the Gen X/Baby Boom parents and teachers of these kids.

And we weren't taught that your degree needs to have a viable field, just that once you get a degree, you'll get a viable job that will provide you with enough income for your life. And why did Gen X'ers/Baby Boomers decide that you HAD to have a college degree to get just about any career oriented job? Why did they all stop hiring 18-19-20 year olds that could work their way up through the company and gain experience instead of paying thousands of dollars to get a generic education?

My point? There's a way to blame any single generation for these problems. And it's really getting old that people are crapping on millennials non-stop when they have created just as many problems.

(In response to this post by 2hhoop3)

Posted: 06/13/2019 at 10:28AM


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  Another example of millennial snowflakes -- WestyHokie 06/13/2019 09:28AM
  Here's an interesting sentence. -- Will Stewart  06/13/2019 11:50AM
  Here's another one.... -- 48zip 06/13/2019 1:42PM
  Gives you a sense of the lack of effort put into articles like this -- Vienna_Hokie 06/13/2019 12:35PM
  Opiod inflation, it is the worst! ** -- fordham 06/13/2019 12:10PM
  Other than college being like 3-4x more expensive now than 25 yrs ago ** -- Hokie Bird 94 06/13/2019 11:29AM
  See my longer post below ** -- WestyHokie 06/13/2019 11:39AM
  That word carries a heavy load these days -- Newt 06/13/2019 09:36AM
  Sounds like something a snowflake would say! ** -- HokieGator 06/13/2019 09:44AM
  Boomers need to shut up about college debt -- VTSnake 06/13/2019 09:33AM
  No one should give one penny to any university until this is fixed..... -- CrystalCoveHokie 06/13/2019 1:24PM
  I agree - calculation inside -- GFallsFan 06/13/2019 12:40PM
  ^winner^ ** -- OrangeHokieFan 06/13/2019 4:11PM
  Colleges are the bad guys here, increasing tuition at 3-5 times the rate o -- RoswellGAHokie 06/13/2019 10:48AM
  Federal direct loan limits have been unchanged for a while -- Pylons 06/13/2019 1:47PM
  Nice obfuscation. You and I both know that’s not the only source of federal -- RoswellGAHokie 06/13/2019 2:27PM
  No it's not the only one -- Pylons 06/13/2019 8:03PM
  No joke. Healthcare, housing, everything was to the boomers adv -- OrangeHokieFan 06/13/2019 10:41AM
  Cost is one component..... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 10:18AM
  Agry. I have no sympathy for anyone who takes on six figures of student -- Hokie CPA 06/13/2019 10:40AM
  The problem is, from the time I was in 6th grade, I was force fed -- hoosnowahokie 06/13/2019 10:28AM
  There is such a thing as being smart without being "taught" by others -- WestyHokie 06/13/2019 11:31AM
  I told my millenial daughter the same thing. But I also told her to think -- Hokie CPA 06/13/2019 10:47AM
  And there are any number of stories that don't have your side incorporated -- hoosnowahokie 06/13/2019 10:54AM
  I disagree; I submit that millennials are uniquely entitled -- WestyHokie 06/13/2019 11:32AM
  You are correct -- RTFC 06/13/2019 11:15AM
  I also wonder how much of this is due to social media and marketing -- Vienna_Hokie 06/13/2019 11:36AM
  No doubt -- RTFC 06/13/2019 11:44AM
  I'm just saying, I DID tell my millennial to consider the value of her -- Hokie CPA 06/13/2019 11:03AM
  Your post ...... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 10:47AM
  I'm actually not sure why this posted under your reply -- hoosnowahokie 06/13/2019 10:51AM
  Yes and a coke was a nickel and when I started working my -- fordham 06/13/2019 10:07AM
  What an intellectually dishonest argument -- VTSnake 06/13/2019 10:49AM
  Tuition is more than double what it was in 85 when I started at Tech -- Vienna_Hokie 06/13/2019 11:14AM
  Yes it has, but there are cheaper choices, for instance in state tuition -- fordham 06/13/2019 11:06AM
  Is that really true now?..... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 11:15AM
  That was my point, the taxpayers still pay part of the bills but -- fordham 06/13/2019 12:07PM
  Proportionately.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 1:11PM
  You know the cost of an education to go to VT now, in-state, for 4 years -- hoosnowahokie 06/13/2019 11:12AM
  I'll address one question with an example... -- Will Stewart  06/13/2019 11:54AM
  You can't just look -- RTFC 06/13/2019 11:38AM
  Yeah, even as a Class of '04 grad, I realize how damn lucky I was to have -- CochraneResident 06/13/2019 10:59AM
  Is it any more.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 10:59AM
  VTSnake's argument isn't intellectually dishonest. It just wasn't trying to -- jmanatVT 06/13/2019 1:35PM
  Read the exchange again.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 1:51PM
  First, I'm not interested in assigning blame so I didn't delve into that -- jmanatVT 06/13/2019 1:58PM
  VTSnake.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 2:24PM
  Fair points, but at the same time, if that's what you need to be -- jmanatVT 06/13/2019 2:33PM
  One thing we can probably.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 2:45PM
  In 1979, you could work a summer at McDonalds and pay for school that year -- VTSnake 06/13/2019 12:04PM
  Perhaps.... -- 2hhoop3 06/13/2019 12:58PM
  College is choice -- RTFC 06/13/2019 09:51AM
  That's a meaningless stat, if it's even true ** -- 133743Hokie 06/13/2019 09:45AM
  Choose a Cheaper School, Go to Community College, not hard to figure out -- darnellm 06/13/2019 09:42AM
  As a Gen X who has to pay for TWO current college students, I can say ... -- WestyHokie 06/13/2019 09:39AM

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