Well yes there’s that kind too. I think in a stagnant job market kids tend to run to some sort of grad school to postpone job hunting. Incur more debt, avoid reality for just a few more years.
Xsboy is astute-I envy you. The cub did just that-and now she has a monster student debt, and no job or prospects in an already saturated field where the only jobs are going to be toast-thank God-as soon as we have a conservative CIC.
I advised her to go into water quality and conservation-get work with a river authority, or water conservation board-something that makes real world sense, but no-she believed the lib profs, went into the chicken little enviro field, turned herself into an acolyte and now has no income, no job prospects in that lalaland-and no sympathy or interest from mom, either. According to my ultra conservative-and fed up-SIL, if she doesn’t get her head out of her ass she will soon have no husband, either-and he refuses to help her pay a debt he tried so hard to keep her from incurring, begging her to pay as you go. Her dad and I did our best to bring her up right-I’ll bet he is turning in his early grave...