Student debt limits who we become (You won't believe this naive cry-baby)

The Buffalo News Opnion ^ | 10/25/07 | Ken Ilgunas

[Perdogg]

What a p***y boy. I would be embarrassed to use my name.

[LdSentinal]

History major? Hah.

He should have majored in Philosophy.

[mountainlyons]

The economy is great and there is full employment. You should have tried to get a job after Vietnam when someone like john kerry called you a baby killer and a war criminal. Lots of people had to do what ever they could not just what you want to do.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

He joined a hippie commune for 2 days but they wanted him to help harvest their weed.:}

[HarryCaul]

“1) There are no well-paying — let alone paying — jobs for history majors.”

It would help if you could construct a logically coherent sentence. Hint- reverse paying and well-paying.

[Seruzawa]

Wow! What an incredibly arrogant narcissist. Amazing.

Imagine believing that a liberal arts degree in history would make one ready to make huge benefits in other people’s lives. It’ all so unfair! LOL!

[Abby4116]

Might have been a good idea for him to apprentice as an electrician or a plumber. Obviously there isn’t a big job market out there for BA History majors.

[dk88]

To quote Drew Carey - ‘Awwwww, you don’t like your job? We have a club for that!
It’s called EVERYBODY.
We meet every night after work at the bar.’

[bboop]

hahah, get the waaaammmmbulance. This kid bought all the lies — ‘Major in anything, it doesn’t matter. Don’t sell YOUR soul and actually get a 9-5 job — (let your dad do that). Go to a pricey school. A career will be the fulfillment of all your dreams.’

The nature of life is -— WORK. There, you’ve got it.

[Lizavetta]

Upon graduating, I was helplessly launched headfirst into the “real world,” equipped with a degree in history

Helplessly launched?

"Equipped" with a degree in HISTORY???

I don't even know where to begin. But I do know that little Kenny will soon be saying, "Would you like to supersize that".

[bboop]

I love that one — ‘we meet after work at the bar.’ hjahah.

[Munson]

I learned that too, thats why I am studying Accounting after a BA in Political Science.

[Lizavetta]

Upon a second reading of the article I caught this little gem...."To seek a haven devoid of the ruthless 9-to-5 ebb and flow of contemporary America"....

It's official. He's a loser throwback to the 60s.

[VA Voter]

The poor baby doesn’t want to doesn’t compromise his integrity. Imagine how prowd his parents must be.

[HerrBlucher]

I wouldn’t hire him. He has horrible judgement, going 5 figures in debt for a History degree? LOL! History is a great subject and can enrich your life enormously, but not with money.....bwhahahahahahahaha!

Now he’s living at the mom and dad Holiday Inn....maybe they will give him points....:)

[Robert A Cook PE]

I need somebody to clean up power plants ... at 15.00 - 20.00 per hour.

[buccaneer81]

What a brat.

[VA Voter]

Should have been “proud”.

[sionnsar]

Before ricocheting back home, I would learn two important lessons: 1) There are no well-paying — let alone paying — jobs for history majors.

I won't say "Duh!" because I don't know the market. I took a similar gamble (presuming the world will always need new engineers, even if it didn't when I got my BSEE, though it certainly did later for an MSEE/CS) -- and won. But if they weren't looking then I might have gone for Piled Highest and Deepest.

And maybe wound up flipping burgers.

There are no guarantees.