Just can't bite my tongue on this one..

[CityGirlintheCountry]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new.york.jobless.graduate/index.html

So chickie-poo comes out of school with a business degree and a dead average GPA and then sues her school because she can't find a job???!!!! Is she not aware that there is a recession going on and zillions of people with masters degrees in business and gobs of experience are looking for work too? Seriously? It's the school's fault that she is dead average and can't find a job? Of course the job fair people are catering to the 4.0 GPA students. They are the ones busting their butts to do well. They are the ones most likely to actually get jobs right now. But let's face it, there are many, many, many people out of work right now and a lot of them have higher degrees, better GPAs, more experience and better references than this idiot. I HATE this attitude and it is only becoming more prevalent with our college age set. Nothing is ever their fault. Fail a class? Clearly the teacher has it out for them. Never mind that the student seldom came to class and never turned in assignments. ARGGGGG!!!

At the end she poo poos working at McDonald's and Payless. I know people with MBAs and a lifetime of experience that would be thrilled with a job at either place right now. What a complete idiot. Another frivolous lawsuit paid for by my taxes.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

my hubby just walked out and told me this. we laughed A LOT

as the generation after the boomers but before the GenXers we are kind of the lost folks who actually believe you have to work - and work hard - for what you get.

maybe nobody told her that her crappy attitude may be the reason she didnt get hired????
;-)

or maybe she thinks that participation = success???

oh well.

head down, gate closed, wait for them to all grow up.. sigh.....

 

[shawnkfl]

her problem is, she thought that with a degree, she would walk right into a job. what a idiot. the school should counter sue on grounds of having to give a fool a diploma. or offer her a job in the cafetaria. there, you have been offered a job!

 

[Wifezilla]

I had a college professor that would often say....

"A diploma and 75¢ will get you a cheap cup of coffee"

 

[ke_ben]

Amen sister,

on

 

[Sissy]

Ditto.. LoL
A degree to some makes them
think the red carpet will be rolled out for them.

 

[Rosalind]

Quote:
That class was an elective, she didn't have to take Modern Business Sociology.

My other favorite was the 26 year old business grad who flunked half her courses, lost her financial aid eligibility due to said failures, didn't work while in school, took out extra loan money instead of working for spending $$, then complained that the only job she could find was crummy.

I wonder what universe these people live in. If you're a business major, wouldn't you look at your tuition bills, student loans, cost of program, graduation rates and employment records, value of collegiate prestige (e.g. Harvard vs. Monroe U) compare that to similar programs at other colleges, and then calculate based on student loan repayment, financial aid, etc. the total cost of the degree vs. cost of living vs. likely income post-graduation? And use that information to determine whether, for $30,000/year, state school might not be a better deal if you're not attending a Tier 1 university? I mean, why should I hire someone to work in a white collar business job when they can't do this simple accounting for themselves? Are they magically going to be more careful with my money than they are with their own?

CityGirl, the kids themselves never bothered me so much as the administrators who would give a million and one chances to kids who were obviously cheating. When I was in school, if you were accused of cheating, rightly or wrongly, you were immediately expelled, no questions asked or answered. Thus you had to avoid the very appearance of cheating or plagiarism, so people mostly didn't because it was harder to cheat than to suck it up and study. Nowadays, teachers have to prove that they gave special anti-cheating, anti-plagiarism courses, used special software, supervised assignments adequately, explained to graduate students--graduate students!--that copy/pasting Wikipedia is unacceptable, etc. etc. And then you're only allowed to give a zero for that class, which they are allowed to re-take all they want. That bothered me, the kids might never have been taught any better but administrators surely have been.

 

[JennsPeeps]

I sent this to a friend of mine who is the director of a career center at a college. My only question was: "I wonder how well she interviewed"

 

[texasbartrambaby]

Hey now -- I am a GenXer ... I think? 33 years young

I do agree that many of my generation and below have no clue how to work. What it actually takes to achieve a goal - no matter how small or large. I do agree that is what is wrong with America today. DH and I married at 19 - still going strong and 4 kiddos later that know what it means to put in a full day. Nothing infuriates me more than those who gripe and complain, go and get their nails done and use their lone star card for cupcakes after buying a pack of cigarettes!

We could go into politics but its too touchy - all I can say is DH and I work hard and I don't want all of us to be "equal"; America was built on the independant spirit that rewards those who try and keep trying. I almost feel like the working population are becoming servants - you work and work so I can get my check. We're too busy rewarding those kids that are mediocre and asking the ones that are excellent to tone it down a bit - I know this from experience because all my kids excel at school. They get so mad when the other kids get "made up" awards as they call them - just so everyone can have something to take home. I don't know what has happened to disappointment; we've all had it and it hurts but it sure does teach you something. If you want it - try harder and harder.

*steps off of soapbox*

 

[Badhbh]

This reminds me of a story that ran on NPR not long ago.. sounds like a result of the same treatment.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538676