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Costs Of Being a Millennial

Misunderstandings of Baby Boomers, Generation X... the whole nine yards, on what this generation is dealing with in order to strive

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Most generations before us want to think of millennials as the group that get every little tiny thing handed to them. But why, what makes them think that way? As far as I know, my generation is just as hardworking as the last, maybe even more. We have to work harder than any other generation just to get a decent job after college, WHILE paying deathly rates of student loans per month. An article in Forbes magazine called,"The 5.4% Unemployment Rate Means Nothing For Millennials," even retorts that with the fact that "44% of college grads in their 20's are stuck with low wage dead end jobs, the highest rate in decades.." So while the student debt crisis is well under way, we millennials are also lost in finding decent paying jobs to make a living for ourselves,with or without the help of our loving parents.

If you're a person who needs numbers for proof, according to Entrepreneur.com, the millennial generations total student loan costs average about $120 billion altogether with studies from 2011-2012. With that number just 5-6 years ago, imagine the number we would see now.

With that, stereotypes about this generation are out of line, especially regarding education and us complaining about the cost of it. It is known that in this day and age, it is hard to get a part time job while being a full time student. Part time jobs at minimum wage will barely cover any college tuition costs, let alone the cost of living.

Therefore, our complaints about college costs should not be shot down where we are clearly showing an interest in making a success of ourselves by taking some kind of education path or even joining the workforce straight away. According to whitehouse.gov, "millennials have invested in human capital more than [any other] previous generations." So the next time you hear that we are handed everything to us, remind those people that we have the resources handed, but we are the ones putting in the blood, sweat, toil and tears in order to do something with it. Also hit them with those facts. We are a generation of believers and we are constantly striving to get the most out of what we are given, we are not blindly taking each helping hand we get.

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