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<p>Despite my pessimistic nature I don’t think I will be unemployed after I graduate. I currently have not graduated yet so acknowledging the possibility that I could live at home is just being logical. This is good that both your son and daughter are employed and she is making 40k with a political science degree(Which I wouldn’t have computed as statistically likely until I factor in Manhattan, NY). I see no reason to argue about the way that I think. I worked six different jobs while in college and I woke up at 7am today to apply for jobs. I don’t necessarily think that “I cannot get a job, I am useless.” But acknowledging that my degree isn’t very useful in a market flooded with unemployed BA holders is being realistic. I don’t think this is a poor attitude, I think it is reality. Can I get myself out of this reality? Of course I can. It seems as if you automatically assume that I haven’t been diligently looking for employment and/or gotten interviews(Both of which I have been doing). Albeit if calling my BA in Econ a useless degree means that I need an attitude change it is most likely in personal disappointment from not majoring in engineering.</p>
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<p>I’m sure you have a lot of students who studied much more than I did. A lot of the engineers with high GPA’s spent almost every weekend in the library. I think they are employed now though. As you suggest I would get angry if I was no better off than the people who majored in whatever was easy and never studied. Similarly as the engineers would get angry if they are no better off than the students who only spent moderate time in study.</p>