Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
People live in 212,
now live in 718
now live in 718
Sometimes you just need to scream!!!
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FLBuff PE
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RIP - VTEnviro
His Memory Eternal
So what's the deal with the new signs??? Do these apply to us, or only to people born after the change?
not that I care. Nor am I ambitious enough to look this stuff up. But it is kind of interesting to know that it has changed, and these astrologists have once again proven they were, and always will be, full of ****.
Still... I can't help looking.
not that I care. Nor am I ambitious enough to look this stuff up. But it is kind of interesting to know that it has changed, and these astrologists have once again proven they were, and always will be, full of ****.
Still... I can't help looking.
Exengineer
Well-known member
Wow. Here's something that every parent of university and college age students should know. You won't be getting rid of your kids even after they complete that great vaunted education. The article is from last year and refers to 2009 graduates. Some went to school to party, drink, smoke, go to football games and drink some more, but most were probably fed propaganda about their major and only discovered the truth when they were about to graduate. The numbers are absolutely pathetic.
-- A recent survey of last year’s college graduates found that 80 percent moved right back home with their parents after graduation. That was up substantially from 63 percent in 2006.
-- A recent survey of last year’s college graduates found that 80 percent moved right back home with their parents after graduation. That was up substantially from 63 percent in 2006.
Master slacker
Something awesome.
I'm glad I don't feel jaded by my engineering education.
And 80%? Somehow me thinks the terms of moving back aren't published. If the kids are only there for the summer (or a month) before starting their career, that's expected. It's not like 80% moved back home for years.
And 80%? Somehow me thinks the terms of moving back aren't published. If the kids are only there for the summer (or a month) before starting their career, that's expected. It's not like 80% moved back home for years.
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RIP - VTEnviro
His Memory Eternal
I lived at home for a couple years after college because I was going to grad school at night and by living at home I could pay it off without taking out more loans.
Three days after I graduated with my masters, I moved out. Had a place and a new job lined up for some time by that point.
Three days after I graduated with my masters, I moved out. Had a place and a new job lined up for some time by that point.
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chaosiscash
Subcontractor
I moved back home for about two weeks, does that count? I graduated in December, and stayed home for Christmas before moving a couple states away to start my new job.
Master slacker
Something awesome.
80% just seems like total hogwash to me. Can anyone really and honestly believe that 80% move back home for the long haul? Are people REALLY that gullible... or stupid?
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Well, let's put it this way. Last Father's Day, my Dad (69) told my sister and me (42 and 44, respectively) that he was glad we both lived on our own and never asked him for money, because within the past year, ALL of his friends had run into one or both of those situations with their children.
Think about that for a minute. It is really pretty scary.
So while I think 80% is on the high side, I don't think it is high by a whole lot.
But that happens regardless of higher education and I suspect the "sponge" factor is greater for the less educated.
I know guys in their 50's-60's that relied on mom and dad (and siblings and whomever else they could get charity from) to subsist. A lot of it stems from divorce later in life where all the assets go into the legal costs of dealing with the separation.
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
Honestly? Yes, I can believe it. Like the Cap'n's dad, I have seen a LOT of my high school friends, and a lot of my parent's friend's kids, move back in with their parents. Remember, not everybody gets a marketable degree like we did. Some of them get associates degrees from the community college. Some of them get Whatever Studies degrees from liberal arts colleges. Those people would have a tough time finding a job with their toilet paper degrees in a good economy, so they don't really stand a chance in this economy. Couple that with the fact that Generation Me is just now graduating from college and feels entitled to the best job/car/house/etc. without working for it, and you have a lot of shiftless lay-abouts.
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
In the cases I can vouch for, it is generally a case of well educated people with good jobs living one paycheck away from disaster, and then suffering a job loss. The sad thing is in all cases the parents were retired and their retirement wasn't structured to allow for supporting another entire family.
Pretty sad to see parents' retirement dreams washed away by poor choices of their children.
Master slacker
Something awesome.
I can honestly say that I have NEVER met anyone in my 7.5 years of undergrad and grad school who moved back with their parents post-graduation. And that covers a wide array of degrees and fields. Hell, one of my best friends got a degree in music, doesn't have a "career", and has lived on his own since he graduated (2002).
Yes, I believe 80% is a far stretch.
Yes, I believe 80% is a far stretch.
snickerd3
Taking suggestions
my sister moved back home after college for a couple yrs. she moved out this summer when her office moved.
Exengineer
Well-known member
The source for the 80% moving back home with their parents is the following article. The Economic Collapse Blog has some important articles that would never get printed in the mainstream media because the only things the mainstream media is allowed to print are what supports the Establishment in Washington. Alternative views are ignored or suppressed.
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archive...p-getting-worse
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archive...p-getting-worse
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
While I agree with you that the MSM is a terrible source of "the whole story," that doesn't mean that radical bloggers are any more correct. The "recent study" that your blog links to was in The Baltimore Sun, but the link is dead.
Exengineer
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Just because 80% moved home does not mean they did not get jobs. They may have gotten jobs that did not pay well enough to have their own place or to be able to pay off massive student loans.
