Quote:A college degree does not guarantee anything as far as wages go, and this is especially true depending on the kind of degree a person has obtained. 

 

If you were to ask many of the college graduates who have had to "settle" for lower paying jobs what their degrees are in, you'll find that many of them got useless degrees that do nothing to help their prospects in the real world.  I've got a daughter who is a junior in HS.  She's already thinking about colleges and courses of study.  She's very artistic, so naturally she wants to get a fine arts degree.  I've been trying to make it clear that she needs to make sure she has a degree that will help her once she graduates, otherwise all she's got is a piece of paper that cost her parents $100k or more that she can hang on the wall of her bedroom in our house when she can't find a job. 

 

I thought going to college was all about studying something that interest you? Isnt thats what we have been marking to our kids since birth? Is that they must attend college to get that piece of paper and if they cant find a job related to their study then oh well?

 

 

Quote:Then what's your point? Are you really complaining that part time hours at minimum wage isn't above the poverty level?

 

Go back and read my response, and you will understand my point is that some college grads who have to find work that is out of their career field of study are low paying minimum wage jobs.

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