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To: TobagoJack who wrote (67310)	10/18/2010 8:20:41 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217701

You mean that now with daughter gone to university we cannot make plans to turn her room into a spa :o(

To: TobagoJack who wrote (67310)	10/18/2010 12:59:58 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217701

Start at the bottom. Degree enables start at the top's edge. Can't start at the top's edge: I go back to bed. Poeple have to get used to start at the bottom. There is no shame in say: Go do maintenance of telecom facilities. Discover you like the data part. Get job with company that pays for Cisco certification. Study at night to get diploma. Diploma, plus technical certification plus experience start working life with better pay. That takes about 18-19 to 25. Have fun until 30. My nephew followed that. His sister: Failed to get place at university. Got job at bank retail section. Discovered she liked banking. Studied to get diploma at night. Get diploma. Bank send her to manage corporate account. Brazil skyrockets. She is in the cat brid seat.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (67310)	10/18/2010 7:41:52 PM
From: benwood	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217701

When that 85% boomerang number hits 100%, parents might start to question the quarter million dollar cost of college, and perhaps save a fortune and plan better for the future by sending their kids to militia school.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (67310)	10/18/2010 11:17:50 PM
From: energyplay	2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217701

The numbers about kids returning home after college are pretty realistic. A) The economy is really bad for young people. B) Maybe 1/3 to 1/2 the kids majored in the wrong subject- 1) A marginal subject, where jobs are only available to the top 3-5% and many of these tend to be jobs teaching the same subject. Sociology is a real good example. You are unlikely to get a god job without a high A average. Contrast with Chemical Engineering, where B and even C students can get okay jobs. 2) A subject where employment depends on an advanced degree, like psychology. Reasonable number of openings for doctorates with clinical experience, Bachelors degree - almost no way. 3) An intellectually weak subject, like XYZ ethnic group studies, or the many intellectual fashions, post modern anything. Often kids take the week parts of a subject. For Sociology, one could really learn statistics and data analysis, which might get you a job in advertising - especially if you can learn something about social media and search engine optimization SEO. Deming can you a job faster than Derrida.... This mis-allocation of academic effort likely to be a structural problem for long time.