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Offline Miss Mia

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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2009, 09:09:37 AM »
Oh I dunno guys....I think she has a pretty bright future.........As a topless dancer! :-)


Possibly as one of the stripper fails in the Shortbus.   :lmao:
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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2009, 09:29:12 AM »
I think she will love her new fame and it appears her mother will be so proud of her daughter. 

Seriously, my son will be graduating from college in May.  Many of his friends and fellow graduates-to-be believe they, too, will get a job right out of college in their chosen field and make six figures.  They seem to believe they will live a wonderful life of expensive new shoes, clothes, and purses, a beautiful apartment with great furniture, and they can finally get rid of that crappy little 10 year old car they have been driving and buy that BMW.  And their job?  It will be fabulous with a corner office. 




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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2009, 10:14:54 AM »
In a sordid and selfish sort of way, she seems to be saying she'd be content to be a wife and mother, HOWEVER, she sadly seems to have forgotten(or never learned) that a man shouldn't and won't appreciate forever a mooching lounge-about who treats him like a paycheck. Being an at home wife or mother comes with responsibilities, many of which relieve her other half from having to do certain duties so that he might be able to pursue more options professionally to provide for his family. Raising a family of a hard-working man requires an adult, mature woman(and notice I said hard-working, not rich).

Besides the notion of making 6 figures out of college that some new graduates have are also a fair number of young women who think it will be enough to keep themselves in shape and screw their husband every now and then to earn the privelege of being provided for by him. They will find out a decade in when their sorry asses are dropped that men who support women at home generally have expectations of them other then 'pretty nails' or being 'fashionable'. Pitiful young women and, sadly, because of what they have been taught, their lives are set up for failure and then misery when the looks can no longer garner them a new partner and they are single, 40-something without an education or work history.

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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2009, 10:38:02 AM »
I believe a lot of this attitude of our younger generation stems from their upbringing by their parents.   :old:

It seems that a lot of kids these days are catered to, spoiled, and have it pounded into their brains that they are special and deserving of every luxury in life.  How many parents have gone into deep, deep debt to give their kids everything they want and everything they think they deserve? 

My husband is the director at a company and sees it all the time at work.  These kids come in from college and think they are special and definitely more intelligent than everyone. 

He was astonished to receive a call from the mother of one of these new employees to complain because he was informed that he could not have Christmas off because he was new and those with seniority were given first choice for time off.



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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2009, 10:40:54 AM »
I believe a lot of this attitude of our younger generation stems from their upbringing by their parents.   :old:

It seems that a lot of kids these days are catered to, spoiled, and have it pounded into their brains that they are special and deserving of every luxury in life.  How many parents have gone into deep, deep debt to give their kids everything they want and everything they think they deserve? 

My husband is the director at a company and sees it all the time at work.  These kids come in from college and think they are special and definitely more intelligent than everyone. 

He was astonished to receive a call from the mother of one of these new employees to complain because he was informed that he could not have Christmas off because he was new and those with seniority were given first choice for time off.




I would be embarrassed if I were that individual, but apparently some peeps know no shame. Wow. lol

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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2009, 10:45:55 AM »
Her daddy makes to much money......and her mother does nothing but spend it.

That's my take on the story.
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Re: College isn't Necessary
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2009, 04:37:23 PM »
I think she will love her new fame and it appears her mother will be so proud of her daughter. 

Seriously, my son will be graduating from college in May.  Many of his friends and fellow graduates-to-be believe they, too, will get a job right out of college in their chosen field and make six figures.  They seem to believe they will live a wonderful life of expensive new shoes, clothes, and purses, a beautiful apartment with great furniture, and they can finally get rid of that crappy little 10 year old car they have been driving and buy that BMW.  And their job?  It will be fabulous with a corner office. 



 :rotf:  After 20 years in my field, I still don't have a corner office....but I do have my own office..and it's not a cubicle..it actually has a door with walls that meet the ceiling... :-)

As for having a wonderful life, it really depends what field you decide to study.  You can have all of that and more if you go into nursing, for example.  Not so much if you study underwater basket weaving. :popcorn: