Go to college to get a job. Get a job to pay for college.

[The Comrade]

well exploited broke free of the chains of oppression. he's just more enlightened than all of us.

[exploited]

That is absolutely true, apparently. Otherwise you wouldn't have been comparing the social expectation of going to college with the social expectations faced by the poor or minorities. Let me just emphasize this here:

YOU JUST COMPARED THE SOCIAL EXPECTATION OF GOING TO COLLEGE WITH THE PRESSURES FACED BY JEWS, BLACKS, THE POOR AND HOMOSEXUALS.

What. in. the. f**k. is. wrong. with. you.

[Dylan]

[exploited]

So what is the power differential here?

Some gay kid gets harassed and bullied for his entire life, some black kid gets shot by a vigilante for going to the variety store, and some kid who decided not to go to college faces... what exactly? "Well my parents would have been mad. Real mad. Like they might have made me get a job."

I can only hope that you double down on this utterly f**k argument.

[The Comrade]

[Dylan]

[exploited]

[The Comrade]

careful dylan. he might write a story about you.

[gla22]

Ehh I can identify with the social stigma of not going to college when you are surrounded by peers and family that all highly value education. I am assuming your parents are small business owners Exploited, you opened a small business with your parents help if I understand your past correctly. The apple isn't really falling far from the tree.

It is more difficult going into an industry or profession that your parents and social circle are not a part of. A huge proportion of med school applicants have parents who are doctors. The same goes for lawyers and law school. By moving outside of your parents industry and profession you give up on a huge network and a wealth of experience that helps. I never considered not going to college, everyone in my I.B. program went to college, everyone. All of my parents and grandparents were college educated. I was smart enough to know that a B.A. in the humanities was just not going to cut it in this day and age. I have a job but my current situation is partly to blame on myself and party to blame on the overall economic-political situation. I could've worked harder, I could've taken more initiative, I could've taken programming classes, I could've spent more time thinking things out and being strategic.

Comrade was short-sighted for playing too much vidya games and studying philosophy instead of challenging himself in a field that is somewhat quantitative and working harder. But everyone our age has the right to complain about a system that makes recovering from mistakes difficult, burdens the youth with debt, and makes the job market ridiculously competitive and overall disadvantages the youth.

[exploited]

But seriously, you guys do realize how utterly retarded it is to compare the pressure to go to college to the pressure to conform to gender or class roles, right? I mean... you are just f**k with me because I've been making fun of you, right?