Millennials

[DaBossIsBack]

Here are a few things that you can do to lower tuition costs: Good grades (2.5 GPA minimum) in high school will equate to KEES scholarship money for Kentucky residents. The higher the GPA the higher the amount of the scholarship (see link). Apply for any other scholarship money that your kid may be eligible to receive from the university, your employer, charitable organizations, etc.

Next, you could send your kids to community college for the first two years at a fraction of the cost ($147/credit hour vs. +$360 at UK) of a four year university and they could live at home. Then transfer to a state school for the last two years where all of those community college credits would be accepted toward their degree.

ROTC is an option if your child would be willing to serve time in the military. They would get a virtually free education and a guaranteed job upon graduation.

A part time job is also an option. Universities often have part time job opportunities. Working 15-20 hours a week is totally doable while going to school full time (undergraduate).

Make sure that your kid is working toward a degree that will lead to a job. Otherwise, why bother with the expense. Going into a trade out of high school makes more sense that getting a worthless degree.

https://www.kheaa.com/website/kheaa/kees?main=1

What is a worthless degree?

 

[DSmith21]

I would consider something like a degree in general studies, philosophy, religion, women's/gender studies, art history, political science, ect. to be not worth the time or expense. The exception would be if you are going to get an advanced degree in one of those fields and get a job teaching the subject. Also degrees from many for profit schools or online universities are pretty worthless.

 

[DSmith21]

Millennials are not having sex like Gen Xers. Must be too busy with their phones or maybe Gen X had more liars.

"In 2013, 44% of teenage girls surveyed said they had experienced sex, compared to 51% in 1988. For teenage boys, the drop was more dramatic. In 1988, 60% reported they’d had sex compared to only 47% in 2013."....

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/07/22/american-teens-having-less-sex-according-to-study/

 

[mashburned]

Wait till we can sex our phones. Oh boy.

 

[DSmith21]

Wait till we can sex our phones. Oh boy.

You can do that today.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/12/more-couples-are-trying-app-controlled-sex-toys/

 

[KyFaninNC]

Smoked too much dope, educated by extreme Liberal teachers, get their news from Jon Stewart.

 

[cawoodsct]

I would consider something like a degree in general studies, philosophy, religion, women's/gender studies, art history, political science, ect. to be not worth the time or expense. The exception would be if you are going to get an advanced degree in one of those fields and get a job teaching the subject. Also degrees from many for profit schools or online universities are pretty worthless.

Save a **** ton of money and just lie on resume saying you have a college degree. Yes, it works.

 

[JumperJack]

Millennials interact with people differently. Their lack of social skills are largely due to having to interact through technology. I know boomers like to make fun of their digital communication, but they get **** done in half the characters that it takes you.

Look out, Iwo Jima Memorial!

 

[crazyqx83_rivals88013]

Look out, Iwo Jima Memorial!

What the hell does this even mean?

 

[starchief]

Gingersnaps, marbles, jacks, and pick-up sticks were all we had, and we got by.

Today's generation don't know how good they have it.

Silent Generation checking in. We didn't have anything but dirt and sticks.

 

[Big_Blue79]

You're taught about the "greatest generation", then you're taught that those same people were awful humans. Pick one.

It's not binary, no need to oversimplify. Can I praise the WWII generation for some things and also condemn other things they did? Yes. So it's not about picking one.

Here is the bottom line:

Every generation has some suck people and has some awesome people.

Millennial have a lower attention span than previous generations because that's the environment they were raised in.

Boomers have lived their life in the single most flourishing economic climate in human history. Blaming them for ruining it is stupid. We had virtually no economic competition for 50 years. Yes, they were spoiled. But everyone is spoiled by the advantages of their generation. Yes boomers got to almost universally retire at the age of 65. No, no other generations will likely get this luxury (maybe a portion of Gen Xers will). They didn't cause this. They just get to reap the benefits.

Millennials interact with people differently. Their lack of social skills are largely due to having to interact through technology. I know boomers like to make fun of their digital communication, but they get **** done in half the characters that it takes you. All the emails I get from the older generations are about 4 paragraphs longer than it would take to convey the important information. Wow. You spent an hour writing an email that it should have taken 270 seconds and then want to applaud your work ethic.

In short: everybody sucks. Older generations just pat themselves on the back while the younger crowd plays the victim card. It's called conditioning.

Great post, but the length gave away your Boomer status.

 

[crazyqx83_rivals88013]

the length gave away your Boomer status.

TWSS