The fact is, I will never purchase a Boston Globe ever again because of insulting shit like this. Yesterday was a watershed and epiphany, readers.
"A graduation requirement: Humility 101; Seniors with jobs, and their parents, tiptoe around the many without" by Bella English, Globe Staff | May 9, 2009
Nancy Struzziero, vice president of sales for a medical device company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was elated - and relieved - when her son, Matt, got a good job offer last fall. A Boston College senior, Matt was offered a job, upon graduation, with ExxonMobil in November, just as the economy really turned sour.
But many of Matt's childhood friends haven't found jobs yet....
As many graduating students go about the tough tasks of looking and hoping for a job, their parents are left with the tough tasks of worrying and waiting. A little show of pride - a little bragging, even - is a time-honored parental perk. But today, rather than chirping proudly, many parents are comparing notes in a "misery loves company" kind of way.
What is the new etiquette in this savage job market? Is it a season of envy or empathy or a delicate balance of both? If your child is lucky enough to snag a job, is it OK to spread the good word, or will that come off as one-upmanship?
Yup, PROMOTE JOB GUILT on the FRONT PAGE so we DON'T TALK about WHY the KIDS CAN'T GET JOBS and IGNORE the ELITE CLASS LOOTING the HELL OUT of US!!!!!! Yup, NEVER MIND the OUTSOURCING, OFF-SHORING, and LEGAL and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS pouring into this country, kiddo.
I'm really tired of refuting the same old bullshit from the agenda-pushing liars of the Boston Globe, folks. They re the ones who PUSHED THIS GLOBALIZATION SHIT and you are now seeing the results, America!!!
Judy Stapleton, a nurse from Milton who believes parents are taking the lead from their children, who are supportive of one another as they search for work. "They're very happy for the one who gets the job."
Her daughter, Kate, is a psychology and business major about to graduate from Loyola College in Baltimore. She will probably go back to her summer job as a lifeguard. Since November, Kate has been sending out résumés, looking for a sales job. She has been called back for a fourth interview for a sales training program, but knows she is one of 300 applicants for five slots.
I know the feeling.
Jerrie Moffett's son Jeffrey is graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and does not have a job....
Judy White-Orlando's daughter Andrea will graduate soon from Fordham University with a degree in business accounting and will work at Ernst & Young in Boston. Andrea had interned with the company and participated in a leadership program that often leads to a permanent job. The offer was made in August. Though her parents were proud, they didn't realize how lucky the timing was.
"I really didn't give it much thought, because it was all part of the normal process," said White-Orlando, who lives in Milton. "But then the bottom fell out of the economy, and the parental perspective changed. My husband and I thank our lucky stars. But I do credit my daughter and her college."
Is her happiness tinged at all with guilt, given the struggles of others? "I don't feel guilty, because I think she's worked hard for everything. But I try not to gloat or ask too many questions. Just, 'How's the process going?' " said White-Orlando.
Is it just me, or are you also finding this agenda-pushing crap offensive?
Yup, DON'T ASK QUESTIONS just TAKE YOUR LEMONS and MAKE LEMONADE, America!!!!
The students who are competing against one another - and also against veteran workers who have lost their jobs - are also empathetic. Ali Ring, 23, who will soon get a degree in communications at Boston College, has an unpaid internship at a public relations firm in Boston, hoping that will lead to something permanent....
Parental expectations have also shifted along with the job market. Suddenly, unpaid internships are OK. A job that isn't the greatest will do.
I assume that goes for the rich elite in our society too, right, Globe?
Seriously, readers, when you add up the accumulated insults of the Boston Globe elite that I have had to digest about this economy it is surprising I have any insides left at all.
Yup, NO PAY is now a GOOD JOB!!!!
"I think parents are encouraging children to accept what they can, which is very different than in the past," said Desiree Jones-Eaves, a nurse who lives in Bridgewater. Her daughter, Irena, is graduating from Boston University with a degree in magazine journalism. Her plan was to stay in Boston and find a job in journalism, but that market has dried up....
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!
NO SHIT!!!!
I WONDER WHY THAT IS, you fucking piece-of-shit propaganda piss sheet!!!!!!!!
She's in good company. "Not one person I know has a full-time job in their major," said Irena, 22. "There was a time when we were all really excited about what we were going to do, but lately we can't talk about it because we don't know what we're doing."
Where are all those "good jobs" we heard so much about? You know, the reason the illegals have to be here to do all the jobs we won't do? Are you TIRED of the SHIT SHOVEL YET, kids?
Of course, this is all being DONE ON PURPOSE!! The ARMY is what is waiting for YOU KIDS!!! Don't believe me? READ a BLOG!!!!
BU classmate Elizabeth Iannotti has a paid summer internship with a big public relations firm in New York, which she hopes will lead to a full-time job. Her mother, Kathy, says many of her friends' children have nothing lined up....
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