Given Ken's attitude, I thought he could use sage advice from those who managed to take the less honorable approach of getting a job and paying taxes.
And the problem with that is. . .?
Ken needs to be in mommy and daddy's home - he hasn't grown up yet.
What a selfish little jerk!
His parents need to do him a favor and kick him out and cut off any support now!
Let him get an honest job and a few blows to his enormous ego to make him a getter man.
Banks and insurance companies offer good jobs, even to history majors. LOL!
“equipped with a degree in history”
That’s your first mistake.
Dallas ISD starts first year teachers at $42000 a year. Quit whining ,get off your can and apply. Probably about the same at any big city district.
Before ricocheting back home, I would learn two important lessons: 1) There are no well-paying—let alone paying—jobs for history majors. 2) The real world is really tough.
Welcome to the ‘real world’, dummy!!
Accepted a MA lib (30 years old) as a tenant last year.
College grad (U of Maine) working as a temp.
He didn't want to compromise his intetgrity either.
So, I compromised it for him... eviction!!!
Last I heard he was still hanging on to his integrity by working as a clerk at a Boston non-profit.
I think he could expand on the number two, as John Wayne said “Life is hard. Its even harder when you’re stupid.” (or something like that).
Good luck getting laid with no job and a Super Mario celing fan.
It took that long to realize there are no jobs for history majors? Duh. Basically, you’ve got the same options as a Poli Sci major (my major) ... you teach or go to law school.
And, if you want to complain about $32K in debt ... wait until law school. My debt’s closer to $110K ... but at least I’ve got a job, a house and a woman who can appreciate that I don’t live with my parents.
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Good grief.
I’m 24, married, own a home, no college debt, great job because I made decisions that got me here. My younger sister committed to the same major as this idiot, history, but worked her fingers off to get into a fully-funded graduate program so she can get a professorship someday. Neither of us is sponging off our parents, nor will our other siblings.
His parents should kick him out, then we can see how his principles manage.
I partly blame his parents for coddling him. They are getting what they deserve by allowing him back under their roof. He’ll still be there in 10 years. Should be 18 and out the door - you are welcome back at holidays and special events, but find your own home.
My advice.
Grow Up!
We told our kids they could major in anything they wanted. We also told them they had 90 days after graduation to be out of our house, so they had best choose a major that would support them.
Both made the 90 day cut-off. Neither look likely to rebound home (after 5 years on their own, good jobs, etc.). Preparation for independence starts shortly after the child starts to walk.
This moron doesn't understand the concept of "work" or "integrity".
The only "work" you can do to compromise your "integrity" is an illegal one or running for political office.
Ken is a sniveling, self-righteous slacker loser who views sponging off his parents as more ethical than, say, digging ditches for The Man. He has a great deal of growing up to do and at 24 it’s almost too late. What is he saying here? That if it weren’t for the necessity of repaying money he borrowed from you and me he’d be doing...what?
I had a prof once who said high school graduates could get jobs waiting tables at Chilis and TGI Fridays. With a fine arts degree, you could wait tables at a much more upscale restaurant.
“They got a word for that Jules. Its called a bum.”
I really wanted to get a history degree. I’m glad I went with engineering instead.
I have a nephew in his mid-twenties. He worked his way up the ladder at a local bank. They eventually paid for him to get a business degree. Now he earns almost as much as I do. His integrity seems fine, and he is about the most pleasant young man you are likely to meet.
A real history geek would know enough about the human condition to avoid being such a prat. The social studies pablum they pass off in schools probably had our intrepid hero expecting a free ride. That is, until the “Real World” slapped him upside the head.
You could have checked before running up the Student Loan debt, but Supply and Demand do not apply to you because You Are Special.
Why not keeping going for that Masters in Art Appreciation, since you will not demean yourself by working?
Many people end their lives as failures, but few are so Special that they succeed is starting out as one.
Does he really think that bumming off mom and dad is maintaining his integrity??