Speaking as an unemployed just-grad myself, I have been thinking about taking that exact same path suggested in the last post. But two things are keeping me from plunging headlong into 3-4 more years of college: a) don’t want to shell out the 100,000 bones, b) am worried that I will end up with a useless degree that I payed mucho for.
More to the point, I’d like to get out in the real world, aka off my parents’ couch, and cut my chops a little bit. But hey, maybe that’s just my idealistic, contrary self talking. Maybe my way of thinking is dated for these post-post times. Vietnam was the reason so many people got extra degrees in the 60’s, so perhaps our tanking economy is a great reason for the renewal of my languishing scholarship (although I did just read Atonement, will discuss later).
I do know that it’s hard to find a job right now, and more college/mrs. degree isn’t looking so bad. But I feel pathetic even admitting to that, because it wasn’t what I saw myself doing after four years at the number 2 school in the country, if I saw myself doing anything at all. And even though I am at perfect trophy wife age (22), I am afraid of turning to that lazy answer.
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