blog # 31

Blog 31

In today’s world, life is harder than it used to be.  One has to be smarter, more experienced and more qualified than ever before.  The expectations for our generations has changed so drastically in the last couple of years that it’s scary to think what the next generation will be expected to do

            Over the course of history, children and parents were similar: boys did the same profession as their father, girls were homemakers, everyone had the same level of education, etc.  The rate of change between generations was very gradual up until only about 50 years ago.   In the 1950s, a college education was not necessary to a happy ending.  My own grandfather never went to college  and earned an income by being a butcher, policeman, councilman and also an agent at Allstate.  At the time, all of those positions did not require a college education, with the exception of a few of those professions, college educations or some kind of higher education is needed for those professions today. 

            Then, after the 1950s, the next generation in the 1970s (which would account for my father), had rapidly shifting expectations.  At the time, everyone was getting a Bachelor’s degree because it was expected.  Again, society had changed so that at least some sort of higher education was required to succeed.  Again, society changed so that the following generation (our current generation…us) now need to get higher than a Bachelor’s degree.  Children today all across America are expected to go through 20-30 years of college to b, what...comfortable?

            How is this far? Even with these degrees, kids aren’t even guaranteed a steady income.  A long time ago, any type of higher education was respected and a privilege but today it’s expected and hardly even appreciated.