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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:58 PM Original message |
College Grads - 85% move back home, average 24K debt, |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I had to live at home until I earned enough money to move out |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. For us old farts, this is scary.... |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Thank you very much for understanding the challenges young people face. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. You got that right, "and it seems more and more like a single misstep could result in a lifetime of |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think I know one person who went straight from college to their own place. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Back in the day, i didn't know ANYBODY who went home after |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Exactly.. I think our generation saw being independent as like the only option once out.. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I actually did move back in with Mom & Dad at one point, but that was |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Bad divorces can be tough.. need family for the moral support.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. and even if one did NOT go to college, after high school |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. absolutely! I knew one person who moved home for a SUMMER |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. But a lot of them have no home to move back to nt |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. I never moved back home. nt |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. ONLY 24K? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. But we mustn't do anything to upset this corporate welfare system, |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The ones convincingly describing us as lazy narcissists with a sense of entitlement? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That was your sad misinterpretation of a post on another thread. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There wasn't anything to misinterpret, you described us as "unbearable whiners" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And just as you're doing here, you compounded you're misinterpretation by |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What topic other than youth experience vs. erroneous perceptions have I taken off on? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Two in this rant; 1. the OP topic about students graduating with huge debt loads. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. 1. which ties into the fact that young people face legitmate challenges (and aren't just whiners) |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Once more slowly; |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No, I'm not trying to argue that my generation is different than others. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wow. That's a disturbingly large number. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Depends on the culture |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. forwarding this to my daughter.... |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. My son, now 25, never left home |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. I graduated from a state university ten years ago and owed $24K |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. My son wants to major in Music. I told him that he |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Honestly, there are very few "practical" majors anymore |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It's almost like you'd be better off going straight to work at Wal-mart after high school |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The most important skill I hope he learns |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. What's with the hate? |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. It's like an epidemic around here these days. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. ALL young people aren't out there whining about having it tougher than anyone else |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I didn't infer a lack of gratitude from that, just an understandable frustration. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. You forgot the sarcasm tag? |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Baby boomers are no more to blame for our problems than any other age group. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Your perspective is duly noted. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You sound like a wonderful woman. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I don't mean to keep repeating that story like it's the greatest thing in the world.. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. But, it is great; it is your story. A story of who you are as a person. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thank you! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. exactly |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. There really are a lot of nice things about that vision. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I Don't Think |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Sadly, I'd say you're right. I've just encountered a lot of it the last couple of days... |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. You are out of touch. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. One key here - and one thing too many people overlook. . . |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Thank you for your constructive advice. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Even some part-time jobs provide tuition assistance. . . |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I have a really smart friend who works at starbucks who could benefit from that. |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I've Found |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Oh, I understand. . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Wondering if there is anyone with recent experience in doing that -- ???? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. one of my sons |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. Graduates were able to share apts or take small studios at one time -- rent control--!! |
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