On: How America's universities became debt factories

[bigstrat2003]

> So many young people think their hobby can become their career and pay for a nice life style. Unfortunately, it's not the case for many majors.

We (as a society) tell kids all the time that their hobby can't be a viable career. Kids are just headstrong and don't want to listen to their parents/other adults telling them unpleasant truths.

[bufferoverflow → bigstrat2003]

> We (as a society) tell kids all the time that their hobby can't be a viable career

That's absolutely 100% not true.

The bs message I see everywhere pushed on young people is "You can be anything you want to be".

We have a whole generation of kids who think they can be youtube stars, influencers, rap stars, etc.

[bluefirebrand → bufferoverflow]

It's more than one generation. I remember hearing this "you can be anything you want to be" stuff when I was a kid 30 years ago, and they're still telling kids this today. It's a joke