Get a job — this is the message we hear the moment we graduate from high school and are no longer considered children. There are a few different routes to take, but it essentially comes down to jumping into the workforce right away or going to college.
But once in college, the pressure to get a job does not stop. It is the American dream. Yet, throughout time, changes in the United States government have made it increasingly difficult for people to attain that goal, and big business industries look for the cheapest and easiest way to make a buck.
The government has made it easy for large operations to outsource jobs to foreign countries, which decreases our own job market specifically for the middle class that consists of many college graduates. By outsourcing jobs, many skilled Americans are not even given the chance to succeed because the number of opportunities is lower each year.
President Barack Obama made it known he’s concerned about the issues in his 2012 State of the Union Address Tuesday.
While the SOTU does not make for the most entertaining or exciting TV it does matter. College students who will graduate in May and those who will be here for another four or five years should pay special attention because it is their future that will be impacted.
Obama said in his “Blueprint for An America Built to Last” he plans to reward companies that keep jobs domestic, build a stronger relationship between community colleges and businesses to help place the two million skilled workers our country produces. And prepare, support and reward good teachers to help students learn better.
Of the several other ideas mentioned in his address, these three points Obama mentioned directly apply to current and future college graduates because they will contribute the most to rejuvenating the U.S.’s economy.
Agree or disagree with Obama’s approach or political party, the point to take away is that our country needs to focus on itself and college students need to pay attention to speeches by guys in suits because sometimes those guys are just the people who will have the greatest influence on where we end up in life.
–ER – See more at: file:///Volumes/argonaut$/stories/sections/opinion/stories/2012/Jan/27/sotu_boring_but.html#sthash.AOnC289y.dpuf
But once in college, the pressure to get a job does not stop. It is the American dream. Yet, throughout time, changes in the United States government have made it increasingly difficult for people to attain that goal, and big business industries look for the cheapest and easiest way to make a buck.
The government has made it easy for large operations to outsource jobs to foreign countries, which decreases our own job market specifically for the middle class that consists of many college graduates. By outsourcing jobs, many skilled Americans are not even given the chance to succeed because the number of opportunities is lower each year.
President Barack Obama made it known he’s concerned about the issues in his 2012 State of the Union Address Tuesday.
While the SOTU does not make for the most entertaining or exciting TV it does matter. College students who will graduate in May and those who will be here for another four or five years should pay special attention because it is their future that will be impacted.
Obama said in his “Blueprint for An America Built to Last” he plans to reward companies that keep jobs domestic, build a stronger relationship between community colleges and businesses to help place the two million skilled workers our country produces. And prepare, support and reward good teachers to help students learn better.
Of the several other ideas mentioned in his address, these three points Obama mentioned directly apply to current and future college graduates because they will contribute the most to rejuvenating the U.S.’s economy.
Agree or disagree with Obama’s approach or political party, the point to take away is that our country needs to focus on itself and college students need to pay attention to speeches by guys in suits because sometimes those guys are just the people who will have the greatest influence on where we end up in life.
–ER – See more at: file:///Volumes/argonaut$/stories/sections/opinion/stories/2012/Jan/27/sotu_boring_but.html#sthash.AOnC289y.dpuf