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A-freaking-men.
So, I know most of the people who read our blog (all 4 of you) don’t work with college students (but Hi Meghan!) but I wanted to share this article with you all. It was published in the New York Times, and as I was reading it, I kept thinking, yes, YES! I KNOW!
He talks about the most recent college graduating class, who were brought up in an incredibly guarded, structured environment, only to be let loose from college into a unstructured ‘real world,’ which leads to confusion and frustration.
Additionally, our students are told to follow their dreams and live their passions, which stem from the American value for individual choice and freedoms. But this feels somewhat false in a poor job market that doesn’t have positions for even the most qualified graduates. (I know recent Cal grads who work at Starbucks. It is not their passion.)
These are issues I struggle with working in the higher education field – one of the catchphrases in my field is that we want to ‘set people up for success.’ Can’t help but think that systematically and culturally, we’re not doing a great job of that.
Anyway, interesting read.
I’m not exactly the demographic that the article (or you) are speaking of, but having recently graduated with a degree, and being back on the job market I still fee “under-prepared” for it all. Stuff to think about.