Maggie's Farm

Funny, as I agree on all these issues. Thank you!

Thank you! Good luck with your children, as well.

My background and learning was FAR more broad and deep than theirs in college. But learning has shifted dramatically. While I feel bad for them, there are some benefits.

I went to college with the statement "college is to learn and grow, it's not a job earning situation" and that WAS true back then. Very few people in my era got jobs directly in their majors, with some rare situations I was familiar with (1. Physics which I'd dropped out of after 2 years gave many jobs to graduates. 2. Political Science - my major (I had 2, really 3) hired half the graduates but I had no interest. 3. TV and Film Production - at least half of my other major leads got into production. I shifted dramatically.

My shift was into business of media in a broad sense, requiring graduate studies in Economics and Law. Which I did. It worked phenomenally for me.

My boys had very different and specific majors - but both have shifted into variations of my own, and that's fine. But they are rare. Many graduates from their majors wound up in roles from their major specifics because today it's not rare to hear "get a job in your major" - I know, because many companies I worked for called for this directly.

My boys have grown, thankfully, after graduate and learned that it is very much worthwhile to extend and expand learning and knowledge - thankfully from MY OWN conversations with them as they looked for work.

My younger son is learning - his writing is basic, but improving. His first producted article will continue to improve. I even gave thim several ideas to work on so his next few grow, and I also helped get him started with videos, where I know the production and producers. I wish him, and many others, good luck at improvement.


My #1 goal, as my brain cancer expands, is to continue to help younger people where I can. Not only with jobs, but with truths about politics, economics, and media overall with good reading on history. My main issue is to see more growth before I pass. I wish all of them success. It will allow me to feel better about the growth when I pass.