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RE: Hmm
By murphyslabrat on 11/7/2007 4:47:21 PM , Rating: 2
Your darn right its an example at the extreme. Your subjective distinction as to the beginning of adulthood is rediculous, and should acknowledge the role of education in our society.

No, I am talking about the kids who work 10-20 hours a week and take 6 or fewer credits. I know several people at my school are doing that. Then you have those who wait till they're 20, or later, to start school. Then you have those kids who want to be lawyers or doctors on the sole merit of pay scale, and leech off of their parents till they get their first job. You have those kids who flop between programs for 8 years, because they dislike every program that they try. And that is just Higher education.

However, there are plenty of undergrads paying their own way, working at night etc.

No argument there, as that is what my brother and I are doing, along with several friends. My point is not that everyone is a lazy idiot, just most people (because if I said "everyone," then that would include me ^^j)

I will be about this age when I get my PhD in neuroscience.

The grievance I have is not with people trying to get an advanced degree, but with kids choosing a career because it pays well, then barely scraping by in classes because they didn't crack the textbook.

Perhaps you should reconsider what it means to be an adult, by contemporary standards, instead of comparing to the middle ages.

My point was not that adulthood comes by joining the militia, but that the level and age of expected responsibility has changed dramatically. That the visible majority of kids remain kids well into their 20's

