College grads become 'boomerangs,' return home after graduation (How will they afford Commiecare™?)

NBC 17 ^ | 5/13/11 | Justin Quesinberry

[Howie66]

Thank You!

I didn’t know that Swabbies were that smart!

Shazzam!

(JK....Navy always gets that response from me! lol)

[dawn53]

and yes, if you live at home past the age of 18, you’re still a child to me

I don't quite understand this statement. Our kid lived at home, attended college and grad school, and worked a part time job.

He was not a child, but a man, in our eyes.

He lived at home because he was wise enough not to go into debt in order to live on campus (he paid no tuition for his two degrees thanks to merit scholarships and teaching assistant position in grad school.) He "launched" (got his own place) when he had his degrees and a full time job (he was 21.)

The discipline he showed to deal with work and school was amazing, just because he lived at home while doing it didn't make him a child.

[Palladin]

Congrats to you—you are a selfmade man.

Thank you for your service to our country!

[hal ogen]

And remember that only about 30% of those 24 and older have a college degree. Less than 1% have an advanced degree. 50% of people have an IQ below 100. Only about 3% of college graduates have an IQ of 100 or lower. Everbody can’t handle the intellectual rigor (what there is) and everybody doesn’t want to.

[Howie66]

Roger that, Buddy!

Guys like you have my complete respect!

Keep rockin!

[max americana]

I know the film making situation. I’m in Hollywood and the LA FILM School is close by, and those kids still enroll. Why? because the schools are able to tap into the “deep’ money in Pell grants. Then an acquaintance of mine who graduated 2 years ago said her class are NOT in the industry because no one will give them a chance. It’s who you know and these kids are left with a degree that cannot translate in the real world.

However, the “scalable” degrees from Art Institute for their 3 year course maybe the most expensive but I know their grads IF they took the courses which are transferable to any media medium, they have the better chance.

I know some grads from the Film making course were able to use their courses to get into game design and special effects because the courses are transferable making them worthwhile.

[Howie66]

Sometimes I wish that some of our “peers” would have really “emulated” Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison!

I know....I need a “time out”!

[2ndDivisionVet]

I don’t know where you or your sons reside, but I did a nationwide search at Indeed and blow are three of each. There are page upon page of both:

Associate Bridge Engineer - New York City (Entry-level)
http://parsons.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=86260&src=JB-10042

Civil/Geotechnical Engineer -Entry Level
https://tetratech.tms.hrdepartment.com/jobs/10465/Civil-Geotechnical-Engineer-Entry-Level-Lexington-KY

Entry-Level Site/Civil Engineer
https://careers-dewberry.icims.com/jobs/1257/job?&sn=Indeed&?mode=apply&iis=Indeed&iisn=Indeed

Entry Level Engineer Mechanical
http://jobs.halliburton.com/us/texas/engineering_science_technology/jobid1434365-entry-level-engineer-mechanical

Entry Level-Mechanical Engineer
http://www.jobstairs.de/stellenangebot/continental/158171.html

Mechanical Engineer I - Entry Level Engineer
https://irecruitment.jacobs.com/uniquesig1d7d798a59922d8d52d1f35f3df52f55853e5b588751b260ee8642c75413f6a6/uniquesig0/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&p_svid=34651&p_spid=35868

[Carling]

I didn’t clarify my statement when I first posted it. Nothing is wrong with living at home while working toward a degree. It’s smart and very conservative. That’s not what the linked article is about, though, and that is what I was responding to in my initial posts.

[Carling]

My kids are too young to be college grads. They are still in elementary school. Perhaps you should read all of my posts in this thread before commenting on my posts.

Thanks for the Hoover reference, though.

[Future Snake Eater]

I contend conservatives are far less likely to suffer compared to these liberal mindset yahoos who still think government is their savior.

If the government caused all these problems, who can undo them?

[sergeantdave]

“Anyway, we are on track on becoming the next Argentina.”

Sorry, wrong track. We’re on track to a repeat of 1814 where Washington is burned to the ground. This time Americans do it.

[Vision]

This is the Change many of them asked for.

[Hoosier Catholic Momma]

LOL! No offense taken. His mom actually didn’t believe he graduated high school until she saw his diploma. He wasn’t stupid, just bored and didn’t apply himself. Thankfully he’s harder on our kids to apply themselves because he knows they have the brains he gave them (lol—I actually did apply myself in school and was an honor student, so a bit of it comes from me too). They’re all A/B students and our daughter (13 in a few weeks) has a good aptitude for math and science.

[McLynnan]

She does have some student loans and I wish that weren’t the case. But it does take a lot of $$$ to go to school for six years. She’s gone on a combination of college savings, grants, scholarships, work and loans. Her potential income should enable her to pay off the loans in a short time and she really has her head screwed on straight when it comes to money and debt.

[Morgan in Denver]

Voters.

[yldstrk]

Well, then, maybe you will grow in experience as your kids mature. Don’t lecture if you don’t have a clue.

[McLynnan]

That’s a great story! My hairdresser of 14 years recently paid off loans she took out to obtain her teaching degree. She tried teaching for one year, realized she was making twice as much as a hair stylist and put the degree away in a drawer as job insurance. And I say hurray because she is great with hair and can carry on an intelligent conversation while she does it. She now owns her own shop, rents out several chairs and manicure/pedicure stations and is a successful small businesswoman.

[PowderMonkey]

May the Good Lord guide and protect our children as we set them on the road of life, and may He guide them safely to our doors again in the years to come. May He strengthen them in the face of adversity, and teach them to persevere and overcome, ever mindful of the strength in family, love of country, and the promise of tomorrow. May He keep them firm of faith in our Heavenly Father’s limitless love and protection. Let this be my most fervent prayer for our childrens’ future.

[McLynnan]

I often thought about going back to school for my RN but have come to the conclusion after years of working in a hospital that I am not cut out to deal with patients or doctors. Somebody would die, and it wouldn’t be of natural causes! I am in the medical field as an injury data analyst. My hat is off to you for having what it takes and you will always have a job.