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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by bigstrat2003 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @03:35PM (#41542228)
> 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.

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by bufferoverflow on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:04PM (#41542432)
> 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.

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by bluefirebrand on Sunday September 15, 2024 @01:53AM (#41545510)
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
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