Do we have a Lost Generation?

[toblin]

<p>A very worrisome analysis.</p>

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Richard Freeman, an economist at Harvard University, added, “These people will be scarred, and they will be called the ‘lost generation’ — in that their careers would not be the same way if we had avoided this economic disaster.”

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<p>[Young</a> becoming “lost generation” amid recession](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/22/national/main20110000.shtml]Young”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/22/national/main20110000.shtml)</p>

[NJSue]

<p>Well it’s true that the careers of this cohort of grads will be marked by the opportunities they will or won’t receive when they leave school. But it’s hard to know what “might have been” for any one individual if the economy had been better at the time of graduation. </p>

<p>My concern is that the kids graduating now are less equipped to handle adversity than previous generations. They have a strong sense of entitlement and their expectations are sky-high. They will have a hard landing psychologically.</p>