[WestIndianArchie]

" churning out millions of graduates with few marketable skills, coupled with a conviction that they are entitled to office jobs with respectable salaries. "

Guess the country!

WIA

[Excelsior]

(01-25-2013 06:11 PM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

Guess the country!

[Vacancier Permanent]

If that were only limited that that one country, that's one thing, but unfortunately, that's also widely spreading to Canada and I wouldn't be surprised to read that the UK and Australia/NZ are also being corrupted with this poisonous sense of entitlement.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

China. I've read the article about it in NYT this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/busine....html?_r=0

It might be one more of their "anecdotes disguised as statistics"-type articles (kudos to Roosh for coining the term), but if that's true, the implications are quite bad.

[Emancipator]

EDIT: aw, eel beat me.

[OkStudies]

China

[Soma]

Quote:

Part of the problem seems to be a proliferation of fairly narrow majors — Mr. Wang has a three-year associate degree in the design of offices and trade show booths.

Three years well spent.

[Nonpareil]

I'm pretty sure that a 'good' starting salary in a typical Chinese office is about 2200-2700 RMB, or about 400-500ish USD per month.

It's strange in that way; where in the states even if you're 'middle class', you probably have a decent apartment and a car, in China it seems to be either people making chicken feed, the 'upper-middle class' (guessing about 200,000+ RMB annually between couples) and the super-rich.

On a related note, I don't know a single person over the age of 35 that speaks respectable English and is struggling, brush up on it.

[Ovid]

This is what happens when universities focus on making money, and a populace is fed the belief that a college degree is essential for happiness and material prosperity. It's excellent for propaganda, because a student essentially volunteers to be indoctrinated for several years under the guise of "broadening his horizons." In return, he expects to be able to use his degree in underwater basket-weaving to secure a life of comfortable wealth, but that is hardly a given today.

[Tuthmosis]

"Aging fat chicks--with bad attitude and a robust sexual history--who think they're entitled to a rich, tall, and charming Mr. Right."

Guess the country.

[UrbanNerd]

Another reason that this issue is in part the fault of these new graduates is that there were "job outlook" reading articles back in high-school....hell, junior high. I read those articles while many did not. I was puzzled and even today puzzled when some college student says that they are majoring in sociology. I even remember when there were "nerd jokes" for folks like me (math/computer science majors).

I wish I had a nickel (not even a dime) for each time someone told me "Man....I wished I could taken a major like yours".

[Parlay44]

It's supply and demand. Move to an area where your skill or service is in need and you'll make a good living.

A farmer will make $0 if he moves to Manhattan. A car salesman will make $0 in Amish country of Pennsylvania.

Certain professions are universal and can thrive anywhere. You can live anywhere if you're a doctor, lawyer, teacher or a cop.

[WestIndianArchie]

Everyone who said China, is right.

WIA

[Alpharius]

(01-25-2013 10:32 PM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

Everyone who said any country with an advanced economy and large swathes of China, is right.

WIA

Fixed that for you.

[Don Pelayo]

The value of a college degree continues to depreciate, despite it's cost continuing to go up and up. . .
And Obama has stated that he wants all Americans to receive college degrees? How much will this water down its value?

[Roosh]

An entitled mind is a seed that destroys society.

[Angry Beaver]

(01-25-2013 08:22 PM)Ovid Wrote:  

This is what happens when universities focus on making money, and a populace is fed the belief that a college degree is essential for happiness and material prosperity. It's excellent for propaganda, because a student essentially volunteers to be indoctrinated for several years under the guise of "broadening his horizons." In return, he expects to be able to use his degree in underwater basket-weaving to secure a life of comfortable wealth, but that is hardly a given today.

Trend in Europe too. Affected my degree as well, went for something I love. Wrong move. Yet, it all seemed so nice in 2006.....

[clever alias]

seems there's a difference between "I want a degree in sociology that is only useful in academia" and "there's too many god damned engineers here to give them all jobs"

[Moma]

(01-25-2013 07:29 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  

If that were only limited that that one country, that's one thing, but unfortunately, that's also widely spreading to Canada and I wouldn't be surprised to read that the UK and Australia/NZ are also being corrupted with this poisonous sense of entitlement.

I think the Anglo countries are falling under. If not for the fact that English is my native tongue, I would have split from time.

[sylo]

Just a question, you guys can access this forum from China, but you can not get Facebook right? Can expats get Facebook or how exactly does the internet work there?

[Emancipator]

(01-30-2013 08:51 PM)sylo Wrote:  

Just a question, you guys can access this forum from China, but you can not get Facebook right? Can expats get Facebook or how exactly does the internet work there?

You have to use proxies and VPNs

I have to use those to access this forum when I was in school because the School's Network decided that RooshV is a hate site.