We've Been Listening to Lies

From the time I was a child my parents always drilled into my skull the importance of succeeding in school, succeeding in sports, succeeding in a university, and succeeding in a place of work.  We are told that with a college degree we will be able to get the jobs that we want and never have to work a Mcjob ever again!

These, however, are lies.  The truth is that this economy sucks, which if you live under a rock you already know about.  We try so hard to graduate from college with a good degree only to have a constant streak of being turned away and told we need more school, and by the time we are finally done we also have this mountain of debt.  We're full and willing to pay it back but it has to be on their terms.  We might as well turn our heads and cough and prepare for a rectal exam, it's just unpleasant.

So here I am.  I know for a fact I am not alone here, and am probably just another whining person with a degree working crappy jobs and praying for a better future, but hey, this is part of my degree so I might as well not waste my talents.

I graduated high school in 2005 and started at a community college that fall.  Two and half years later I graduate with an associates in Science and Arts (A degree that means good job, thanks for the money, you can leave now) and started at a university January 2008.

I worked hard, would work as much as I could to get a head start on paying my bills since my sophomore year of college.  During the summer I would work two jobs and 60 hours a week mostly just saving money for the coming year.  I was told that if I worked hard it would all pay off.

Finally, the day came.  I graduated in December of 2010 with a Bachelors in Journalism.  I was so full of hope and happiness that I finally accomplished it.  Not long after, the cold hard truth came and gave me a bitch slap right to the face.  Right now I work two jobs both a minimum wage.  One at a craft store and one working in a kitchen in a cafe (which don't get me wrong, I'm great full to have these jobs).  I live in my parents basement trying to be able just to afford paying loans and gas money and still trying to find a job.  I've been a graduate for 6 months, applying for job after job till 4 o'clock in the morning, and have had two job interviews that I was turned down from both.

So here I am, the prime of my life, and just now understanding the lies I've been told since I was a little kid.