Our daughter is graduating this year. We’ve done our best to teach her to *think* and understand the Law of Unintended (and sometimes Intended) Consequences, and why conservative principles work every time.
She’s a great kid who doesn’t put up with a lot of nonsense her peers produce. As a result, others look to her when they need help, advice or are being bullied. NOT the more liberal students. That is telling, imho.
Congrats to all those grads out there. Don’t forget what we’ve tried to help you learn!
My girlfriend’s liberal son graduated from college 2 weeks ago. This weekend he was complaining about the lack of job prospects. I told him that “Hope n Change” is not what it was cracked up to be and to be careful who he votes for next time. He acted like he didn’t hear what I was saying.
given the choice of being 18 but with the loss of my job skills/knowledge, I would strongly consider against it. The US is entering a terrible phase economically and I don’t see how in my lifetime the country will enjoy the wide-spread prosperity of decades past.
My daughter received her MS this past December. She was working at her job before she even received her degree (she needed to go back and defend her thesis). But it's (obviously) in a marketable field. If a kid wasted 4 or 5 years partying while earning a useless degree and then can't find a job now -- my sympathies.
I look at mistakes made and indecisive momments experienced back when I was 22 and I think “Yeah, if I could have a do-over, I’d take it”.
OTOH, I grew up in a good period (the late 70’s and early 80’s) and I don’t think, given the opportunity, that I’d wanna have a do-over given the way many 20-somethings think and act these days.
Thank you for posting bump.
I have to believe I’d be successful no matter when I reached 22, because I’m that awesome.
By the way, it actually took me a while longer than 22 years to be a college graduate, so I wouldn’t necessarily go back to that arbitrary mark.
He is the same moron who hates Sarah and cavorts with his Ruling Class RINO and Democratic buddies.
Brooks is a Lindsay Grahamnesty type of Republican, like Castle and Murkowski.
Brooks is indeed, as has been proven many times over, an idiot.
Would YOU Trade Places With The Class of ‘11? Not a chance in Hell.
Our son is graduating high school this month, with his brother 2 years behind him. They and their friends are a pretty darn decent bunch of young people. They aren’t all blind to what has been going on, and I think many people will be surprised at how they will rise to the occasion. They will be challenged, many of them realize it, and many will be prepared to do their part. We hear a lot about young people who don’t study, choose silly majors, and otherwise waste their time and their parents’ money. There have always been silly people, lazy people, average people, hard workers, and leaders. Every generation has them, and the class of 2011 is no exception. I’m looking forward to seeing what they accomplish in the face of these challenges.