The Huffington Post recently launched a new blog section dedicated to college campuses and the hot-button issues young people are facing all across the nation. This immediately feels right for many, many reasons.
Primary reason, the big story this week is titled, “Majoring in Debt” and highlights the stories of young people all across the US who are swimming in student loans. Some people are pissed, some shrug their shoulders, but most have discovered that despite making the sacrifice to get themselves to school—the options post-degree are less than fulfilling. Competitive and limited job market (thanks recession), intense payment plans, and a big dose of “trapped by debt” are the prevailing sentiments here.
Students nationwide have borrowed $527 billion to go to school this year and have one student pondering “where’s our bailout?!” Excellent question, Todd. Excellent question.
Among other reasons why this new college section of Huffington Post feels right:
This site has some hilarious articles and I think we could all stand to laugh a little more.
Young people are the cultural pulse of our nation? What? It’s true. Not only can we tell you what’s hot right now, but our mastery of optimism AND cynicism makes it pretty easy to predict the future.
Example: I could imagine that in my lifetime this country will see a comprehensive, universal health care system and we will somehow develop a worldwide plan to end poverty. Then again, it won’t matter because the world will probably end in 2012. You know, apocalypse.
That leaves a LOT of room for something between those two extremes to happen. When it does, I will take credit for being partially right. Boom, future predicted. Now if I could only knock out that debt…
Here are some WWU students Majoring in Debt too:
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