http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/fashion/recent-college-graduates-wait-for-their-real-careers-to-begin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes
While I'm not a recent college grad, I will soon be a recent grad school grad. And I have been deferring my loans while in grad school. If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to get by. Que sera, sera. This article is definitely a wake up call/reality check for me. Everyone loves to throw a pity party every now and then, and I'm no different. But at least I didn't waste almost $40,000 on a BA and end up waitressing. I have a job, it pays a decent wage and I can sort of skew it that it's relevant to what I'm getting my master's in. At least next summer when I have my MLIS I'll have a job. Not a dream job, not a job I want to stay in, but a job. A job that will give me some money while I search for that ever elusive library position. I'm sure there are a million and one factos as to why this is happening. The economy, the larger amount of people going to college (thereby sort of cheapening the degree), the ridiculous rising cost of tuition. But damn. Just be glad you're not finishing your BA right now.
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