Is the College bubble bursting?

[WuWei]

What’s your view of masculinity?

[WuWei]

Thought so. The english have pretty much always been foppish. Effeminate. With a few exceptions.

[Smyrna]

They get their degree and can’t even pay back their student loan with a job applying what they’ve learned. Now…what does that tell ya?

[Nemesis]

@Smyrna

They get their degree and can’t even pay back their student loan with a job applying what they’ve learned. Now…what does that tell ya?

As a society we need to stop placing so much emphasis on college. Further education absolutely but its time to stop the culture that college is the only option.

Colleges have done a great marketing job in not only selling that college degree is necessary but also that you are missing out on a life experience by not going.

[Smyrna]

@Nemesis

As a society we need to stop placing so much emphasis on college. Further education absolutely but its time to stop the culture that college is the only option.

Colleges have done a great marketing job in not only selling that college degree is necessary but also that you are missing out on a life experience by not going.

I got my Mrs. degree and my father said she made chicken salad out of his chicken ■■■■ son so…I do have that going for me from college.

[Liberty323]

Right! I don’t know how old you are, but I’m 53, and beginning in middle school I was conditioned to believe college was the only option after high school, and if I just wanted to have a one-year break I would be left behind by all my friends. I think Gen X was the first generation this propaganda was foisted upon.

[Guvnah]

@Nemesis

As a society we need to stop placing so much emphasis on college. Further education absolutely but its time to stop the culture that college is the only option.

Or at least the notion that elite colleges make a difference. The $50Grand per year extra is just not worth it.

[Guvnah]

@Liberty323

Right! I don’t know how old you are, but I’m 53, and beginning in middle school I was conditioned to believe college was the only option after high school, and if I just wanted to have a one-year break I would be left behind by all my friends. I think Gen X was the first generation this propaganda was foisted upon.

I graduated high school in 1976. That was the standard thinking then too.

My advice today is to work for FOUR years. From a FAFSA perspective it’s a perfect way to game the system. Once you turn 22, they stop counting your parents’ income in FAFSA calculations, and the amount of financial aid the school gives you is astronomically larger when it’s just your own income, and you’re not working (or maybe just doing work-study) while you’re going to school.

And in those 4 years you will learn a lot about yourself, and about what you are more likely to want to do with your life, and maybe even more, what you realize you do NOT want to do with your life. And with that better focus, you’ll have more direction in what your studies should be. (Or better focus on whether or not you even need college.) And you’ll have a world more of maturity over your 18-year-old peers.

[Guvnah]

@Eagle-Keeper

When the survey asked employers if they were “more or less likely to consider a job-seeker with a 4-year degree from a major university or college,” employers were four times more likely to answer in the negative (41 percent) than in the affirmative (10 percent), while an additional 42 percent said it made no difference. Amazingly, almost 20 times as many employers were said they were “strongly” less likely to hire the applicant with a college degree than “strongly” more likely.

I disagree with the bolded. At least as the statement is worded, the responses indicate that employers consider a 4-year-degree to be a detriment if they are LESS LIKELY TO CONSIDER a candidate with a 4-year-degree.

For many jobs, such a degree may not be needed, but I don’t see why an employer would consider it a detriment.

[WuWei]

Wage expectations

[Adam]

@Nemesis

@WuWei

Masculinity scare you?

Who’s your role models?

Lmfao if you think Tate is a good representation of masculinity then you have a completely ■■■■■■ up view of masculinity.

As for my role models there is no one person I have ever looked up to. Naturally we think of oir fathers as a role model. My dad was a hard worker but also a gambling addict and alcoholic who was abusive to my mum. So I inherited his work effort and made dam sure I did not mirror his other pretty atrocious characteristics. But role model absolutely not

You’re wasting your time. He just has a ■■■■■■ up view of masculinity.

[Striker840]

@Adam

@Liberty323

If someone had pronouns on their resume or came to the interview with blue or green hair, they’d automatically be a no-go for hiring. I can’t have that type of attention seeking or endless drama on my team in a serious work environment.

I’m really hoping you’re not involved in any way in any hiring process. Hair color? Would you check if someone dyes their hair blond? Or or to not have their hair gray?

It really depends on the business, and consequently the job. IF it is a professional type job and the person is viaible to the public/customers, someone with a non-natural hair color can be seen as unprofessional.

For example, last summer I did an internship with DHL Supply Chain and at the end of it all 250 interns had to attend a 3 day capstone program. Not a SINGLE person there had hair that was not of a natural color, and yea I saw every single one at one point or another as we were all in the same hotel.

[WuWei]

“He” who?

What’s your view of masculinity?

[WuWei]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/economy/college-jobs-blue-collar-workers/index.html

From 2019 to 2024, hiring rates fell for workers in their 20s for roles that tend to require a bachelor’s degree, while hiring rates rose for roles requiring a vocational or associate’s degree, according to data from national payroll processing company ADP. And during that five-year span, enrollment in bachelor’s degree programs fell by 4%, while enrollment in vocational schools grew by 5%, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse.

Great news!