This is the Problem Millennials Face

Dr. K’s Guide to Mental Health explores Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Meditation

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[gibn]

Government: You know what demographic needs more debt? The one that hasn't gotten jobs yet

[remnant]

And then after getting this major debt - Ahem! - I mean degree, you get a long span of not finding the good job this degree was supposed to help you get. Instead, you get a job that pays a fraction of the money your degree got you all hyped up for.

[eddythefool]

What i hate the most is that grade schools focused all their effort into college acceptance rates instead of acknowledging that college isn't for everyone. My high school used to have auto shop, but then funding got cut and instead everyone was pushed into taking classes who's only goal was to prepare you to get accepted into a college. I was saddened every time i passed the old room since it still has all the equipment needed to restart the program, including the hydraulic lifts.

[michaelbashta]

Non-profit universities need to be held accountable when they behave in a for-profit manner

[XIIchiron]

"Just work hard and you'll have a nice job, house, and family"

[sharpcheddar]

What also sucks is that some (older) people will say “just don’t go to college” but nowadays most of the jobs that pay a living wage are locked behind degree requirements or are extremely hard to get without one. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[Thomas-ztdm]

My boss had $120, 000 credit card debt, declared bankruptcy and got it forgiven like 15 years ago even though her and her husband had a $400, 000 house, multiple cars, and a collective income of about $225, 000 a year. Given they had to sell two of the cars but they basically traded 50k in vehicles and other stuff for a 120k in debt forgiven. Absolutely insane that students like myself can’t get any forgiven

[americanbookdragon]

It took me ten years to get my bachelors degree, without debt. But I’m considered “behind.” There’s no winning really.

[Doubtlessly]

What kills you is the interest rates. I actually got really pissed at the recent administration for tackling amounts but not interest rates. Because 2008 grads couldn’t get jobs for 2-3 years, the rates led to a much higher amount on loans overall, which 18yos didn’t really conceptualize because getting a job should have been “easy.” This has led to my entire generation being 5-10 years behind in wealth.

[mdel]

The solution to this problem is for the government to stop guaranteeing these loans. School tuition would drop precipitously if they stopped giving out loans. It just incentivises the schools to increase tution, which then means bigger loans and it's become a vicious cycle that has essentially lowered the return on investment of most degrees.

[RobinLecter]

I feel like previous generations should stop pushing everyone to get a college degree just to get a degree no matter what.
Trades jobs are so valuable to keep the world running. We need electricians, plumbers, mechanics, farmers, welders, builders, handymen, carpenters, tailors, landscapers, painters and atisans. These aren't less then jobs, these are jobs we take for granted until a pipe bursts, floods your home, the flood destroys the wiring in your house and damages the floor.

Not everyone is made for college and there is no shame in that. Why force the person who is interested in wood working to skin their elbows on a college desk while going indebt when they could have been perfectly happy making a living while wood working?
My father was a carpenter by trade and still takes the occasional job because homeowners find themselves really unhappy when they don't find furniture that meets their needs in stores like ikea.

We, as younger generations, should avoid perpetuating this cycle by presenting the option of jobs such as trade jobs to our children/future generations and encouraging them to try these jobs out.
Dropping out of a welding trade school to go to law school is easier on the wallet and less stressful than dropping out of law school to try it out as a welder, you feel me?

[AVspectre]

It is also just so deflating to work hard to get qualifications, to be excited to work in an area, and then not be able to do so. I got my Masters qualifications (needed for my chosen area) and I just feel shut out. I can’t seem to get where I want to be. It’s really depressing and has almost entirely eroded my sense of self worth.

I would honestly train for almost anything (trade/profession) I was capable of doing if - at the end of the process - I was guaranteed a decent job (one with some security, health insurance, available where I live (large city)… where I could just show up, do a good day’s work, go home, and enjoy my personal time.

Everything now seems to be an expensive gamble. You have to constantly ‘sell’ yourself. My degree wasn’t in self promotion. It probably should have been…

I’m now about to turn 40 and I feel no further along than I did coming out of high school. At least then I had some optimism that the future was open-ended. Sorry for this depressing aside. It wasn’t meant to be some bleak. 😅

[lexkek]

I'm gen z and idk how different school was back then but I honestly hated school. Public school is so restrictive and most kids don't want to be there. I dropped out of my first year of college because it still felt like highschool but costed money. I wasn't going to put up with it for another two or four years more and suffer debt.

[kp]

Went to community college finally at 25. Mass shooting in the room next to mine on day 3. Couldn't stop drinking for six years after that. Got a 4.0 for two terms on the undergrad stuff and then dropped out, burnt out as hell already. I can't even imagine going back even 8 years later. I understand these results are atypical, but for me college was a bad idea, it turns out. Lol. I happen to make more money now than I would have if I kept at it though, but only through sheer luck.

[KeritechElectronics]

While here in Poland we don't have such a thing as student loans and most universities are public and free of tuition fees for daytime studies (weekend or evening studies come at a charge), the pressure to get a degree and the promise of a good career for my generation WAS a very real thing... to the point that it's hard to get a job (apart from retail hell, gastronomy, construction etc.) without a degree because of mass production of bachelors / masters. Quantity over quality, .

[dickiewongtk]

The worst part is they told us to go to college but mock us right now and blame us for our student debt. I mean wtf?

[muscleman]

Im a 99 baby, and In lots of ways I'm very happy I didn't go into college, mostly out of the debt and how useless the degree has become in so many industries.

But at the same time I regret missing out on all the big college experiences, friendships, experimenting, parties, etc... I feel like I've sacrificed not being in crippling debt over developing the social skills and connections young adults my age need.

[lame]

When everyone's special, no ones special.

[Grim_enigma]

Not to mention that upon graduating unless your degree is in certain fields its usless, off to mc donalds with you

[crazylady]

And Medical bills. You can't file bankruptcy on health care either