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Originally Posted by New Era
Yet I see it happening every day. Middle aged people who went back to school in their 30's and 40's to better themselves. Starting at the community college and then transferring to a four year institution. Some of these people continue to graduate degrees as well, because they know they need that education to get ahead. People don't give up if you can show them value in achieving their goal. That is the problem right now. The narrative is that education doesn't have the value it once had and that student debt is crippling. It is just another way to make sure that those people who need to improve their lot in life have yet another excuse to not do the things they need to do.
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Thank you for this.
This is why I hate myself for giving up. It's out there.
Also, the blue-collar mentality ( just speaking of my personal experience and surroundings) can be " oh, yeah, you wanna be somebody, who's going to hire you, they're going to hire some young kid" .
I've met many who started over and didn't give up writing code, working as IT consultants etc etc.
For awhile I took public transportation to work.
I met a single black woman with 3 daughters. She works, goes to college and raises her girls.
Yes, she lives in Section 8 housing and her schooling is virtually paid for.
She made me feel like a whiny loser.
Hang in there, lady.
So at work I'll here how my coworkers don't want to be stuck at the post office forever, yet getting an education is somehow too much effort for them.
I guess you have to be really hungry to make the jump.
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