>>109860818Disagree, I would most definitely call myself underprivileged (I'm not even white) but I was able to break out of my parents' cycles of poverty relatively easily by going to the cheapest college in my state and choosing a degree that was predicted to be in high demand when I graduate. I don't even have debt due to the vast amount of financial help available.
Lo and behold, my entry salary was as much as both of my parents' current salaries combined, times 3.
Don't be a fucking idiot, buckle down, get good grades. Do your research, be professional, don't get a shit degree, and you'll be fine. I mean, fuck, it's not even hard to pick a degree that'll blow up in 4 years. If I went to school now I'd go into software security, or bioengineering, aquaponics, human-technology research. If you want to go business, do global economics or communications.
Yeah, you're gonna have a bad fucking time if you choose something oversaturated like accounting or graphic design, or something fucking stupid like philosophy or liberal arts. That general shit isn't gonna fly anymore, you need to specialize.
And those are the routes you can choose if you're doing a 4-year college. The trades are way undervalued and in serious need of workers too if a traditional education isn't for you.
There are options. People are just dumb.
