Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
134. That's true. Unfortunately,
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 04:44 PM
Dec 2023

many universities aren't accepting all or even a majority of credits from community college classes because they want the students to study with them for more than two years, which of course screws over the transfer students and defeats the point of them using community college as way to cut BA costs way down. So people who want to get more than an AA are often just stretching out their college years and college expenses.

We need to get back to massive government subsidizing of state/public universities. Everyone should have a low-cost and ideally free way to attend a four-year university, which most advanced countries manage to provide, along with universal public healthcare, etc.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

whiney millenials think grandma's house is a daycare for the little ones lol nt msongs Dec 2023 #1
if I used the phrase 'whiney Boomers' here I'd be roasted alive, yet the broad-brush bashing of us younger folk is A-OK Celerity Dec 2023 #14
Seriously! Prairie Gates Dec 2023 #16
'61 boomer but don't feel much like a boomer. Two decade spread there LizBeth Dec 2023 #41
The term "Generation Jones" is catching on for us later boomers. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2023 #51
I like that and fits our coolest generation at every stage of our life. Not like our label LizBeth Dec 2023 #61
Gen Jones - For those who missed all the goodies the boomers got. Merlot Dec 2023 #62
Like Vietnam? niyad Dec 2023 #78
And widespread gay bashing? thucythucy Dec 2023 #106
Exactly!!! niyad Dec 2023 #110
If you think the Jones generation ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #120
I'm very sorry to hear about your experience. thucythucy Dec 2023 #124
They only first came up with date rape in early 80's about the same time they came out with the drug LizBeth Dec 2023 #131
I assume you're being ironic, yes? thucythucy Dec 2023 #132
You do realize that Vietnam ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #121
OFFS, of course I realize it, I was there too. Nowhere was I dismissing what niyad Dec 2023 #122
Keep drinking! TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #113
the article is about millenials and they are whining. nobody is obligated to do their parenting for them nt msongs Dec 2023 #99
bollocks, 'whining' is a pejorative framing meant to belittle, mock, and delegitimise Celerity Dec 2023 #119
The point of the article being, Boomers did not have to whine to get parents as daycare LizBeth Dec 2023 #39
That is a wild generalization. viva la Dec 2023 #55
I agree...boomer years are when Americans began movi g away from family Demovictory9 Dec 2023 #89
Exactly... we got the ------ out. B.See Dec 2023 #111
My parents, born in the 1920s, already moved away after college DFW Dec 2023 #149
Thank you for the fairly realistic essay, Viva La. My own comments are at #136 "My grandma was 3,000 miles away" Hekate Dec 2023 #140
I agree-- that article relied on rosy-past stereotypes- viva la Dec 2023 #142
The point of the criticism of the article being thucythucy Dec 2023 #104
I wish! Bluesaph Dec 2023 #118
I don't see it so much as whining xmas74 Dec 2023 #56
I agree-- we should think of this as "Half a century of lousy daycare options." viva la Dec 2023 #67
and boomers claim those damn kids are selfish for not spawning pstokely Dec 2023 #117
Right. And I say enough already. How many times is this thread going to run and be argued out here on DU? brush Dec 2023 #126
You mean I missed the others??? niyad Dec 2023 #129
Over and over this has run. You see the number of reponses are in the hundred, right? brush Dec 2023 #130
Sad to read. Blue Dawn Dec 2023 #159
I'm not sure JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #2
Ya, myu parents did not have parents to hand off. I didn't hand off my kids often at all LizBeth Dec 2023 #42
Another blame boomers post by Millennials who can't figure out their own lives? brush Dec 2023 #3
+1 betsuni Dec 2023 #6
Amen. DURHAM D Dec 2023 #23
Must be they don't want to wear the shoes the same way. LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #37
don't matter how... just wear 'em B.See Dec 2023 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author DURHAM D Dec 2023 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Dec 2023 #4
The article ignores RandySF Dec 2023 #5
That's very true. Haggard Celine Dec 2023 #8
Raising 2 grandkids here. yagotme Dec 2023 #125
That's Bull crap Tickle Dec 2023 #7
It's less about being "too busy" and more about living too-far-away. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2023 #9
Yes, this is the main factor. honest.abe Dec 2023 #22
Spot on. n/t yorkster Dec 2023 #30
I haven't Delphinus Dec 2023 #93
Interesting given the trend a few years ago of Boomers BECOMING the parents when their hlthe2b Dec 2023 #10
A lot of us snowybirdie Dec 2023 #11
It's all situational nitpicked Dec 2023 #12
This is a more realistic and balanced viewpoint. Rec n/t ms liberty Dec 2023 #20
Interesting malaise Dec 2023 #13
Poor Mom is stressed out? llmart Dec 2023 #25
True but dad is usually there to help out malaise Dec 2023 #29
I realize my situation when I was a young mother is not the norm... llmart Dec 2023 #32
Younhad it hard malaise Dec 2023 #34
It's easier when there's a little "village"-- viva la Dec 2023 #68
My dad was a Green Beret JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #82
Thank you! llmart Dec 2023 #84
People don't want to leave their kids with their boomer parents Prairie Gates Dec 2023 #15
"aren't most boomer's grandkids getting too old for babysitting?" llmart Dec 2023 #27
Born in 1963 exboyfil Dec 2023 #40
I am a boomer born 61, my boys 28 and 25. So gonna say.... meh. LizBeth Dec 2023 #44
In my experience Bettie Dec 2023 #128
The youngest boomers are not yet 60. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #65
Neither of my boomer siblings are even 65 yet TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #116
Our four grandkids are 9 months, and 2,3 and 5 years old DFW Dec 2023 #147
This JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #155
Eh, not my personal experience. phylny Dec 2023 #17
It's great you can support your kids with babysitting Demovictory9 Dec 2023 #18
Oh, I love it. In fact, she's sick with a fever (but otherwise very rambuctius and happy today) phylny Dec 2023 #60
Cry me a river. I do travel as much as I want and sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #19
I always want to laugh when an article points out that (some) Boomers have disposable income. viva la Dec 2023 #69
But it was much, much, much easier to pay rent and buy houses and cars Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #87
What's odd is... supply and demand in education. viva la Dec 2023 #133
That's true. Unfortunately, Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #134
In my state, it's required that the 4-year public colleges accept cc transfer credit. viva la Dec 2023 #135
I'm a boomer (late stage, 1959) and I grew up a solid 8 hour drive from the grandparents ms liberty Dec 2023 #21
Again in these articles, we GenXers (who also have Boomer parents) are completely Xed out..... marmar Dec 2023 #26
Shhhhhhh! EllieBC Dec 2023 #31
It really is amazing. I know it's a "small" generation, but... so often ignored. viva la Dec 2023 #71
My mom hated that term JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #156
I know. It's almost comical. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #88
Every damn time. I'm GenX with Silent Generation parents, two groups Wingus Dingus Dec 2023 #123
Yeah JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #154
Shocked!!!! edisdead Dec 2023 #28
This is such bullshit. EllieBC Dec 2023 #33
Months in advance? I call that hogwash!! LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #35
Some younger boomers may have elderly parents yorkster Dec 2023 #36
The article appears to be entirely anecdotal. nt Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #38
I know. And every single one of us can match that author anecdote for anecdote. viva la Dec 2023 #74
Can we ever! DFW Dec 2023 #150
I am a mid-period boomer and my two children (now in their early 40s) are childless by choice. Chainfire Dec 2023 #43
This survey does not include me Freddie Dec 2023 #45
I don't remember my grandparents in the 50's Emile Dec 2023 #46
Talked to my son after they had the grandbaby MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #47
LOL Emile Dec 2023 #49
Boomer here edhopper Dec 2023 #48
Not in my neighborhood. hunter Dec 2023 #50
Neither my generation, nor my marybourg Dec 2023 #52
++++ same here. Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #101
an affluent subset of boomers are traveling and dining out frequently DBoon Dec 2023 #53
This! nt redqueen Dec 2023 #63
My kid is 3k miles away.. viva la Dec 2023 #54
This boomer would love to see her grandkids more but I'M STILL WORKING! Beaverhausen Dec 2023 #57
Boomers mostly refused to look after their own parents as well. NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2023 #58
Not in my experience. Akacia Dec 2023 #64
Every female boomer I know took the lead in taking care of their parents in their later years Beaverhausen Dec 2023 #66
I don't think that is very true. viva la Dec 2023 #73
Wrong Delphinus Dec 2023 #94
Not at all my experience. thucythucy Dec 2023 #108
Then you know an entirely different set of Boomers than most of us do, and are. niyad Dec 2023 #109
This, thank you Hekate Dec 2023 #141
Based on what data? Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #152
Hmmm. The example, a 61 year old, is barely a boomer ismnotwasm Dec 2023 #59
At the snap of a finger? Jesus... nolabear Dec 2023 #70
Entitlement is sure rampant in today's society nini Dec 2023 #72
Because people are having children later Johonny Dec 2023 #75
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #81
Sounds like malarkey to me, elleng Dec 2023 #76
I never lived near my parents or inlaws--my husband's career Wingus Dingus Dec 2023 #77
That tracks. Bok_Tukalo Dec 2023 #79
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #80
How many of those "Boomers" are still working themselves? GoCubsGo Dec 2023 #83
Apparently, when you finally CAN stop working, you're supposed to sit at home Wingus Dingus Dec 2023 #86
LOL B.See Dec 2023 #115
Many work into their 70s DBoon Dec 2023 #107
One reason I don't have kids is I had no expectation of any help from parents Iris Dec 2023 #85
My sister and Rebl2 Dec 2023 #90
My grandparents were in their late 40s when they watched me Kaleva Dec 2023 #91
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #92
A Counter Anecdote ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #95
My wife and I are early 50s Boomers. Mr.Bill Dec 2023 #96
My parents used to drop us off at our grandparents for entire summers ecstatic Dec 2023 #97
I have watched my grandkids twice that way Tree Lady Dec 2023 #143
Who is surprised by this? budkin Dec 2023 #98
Is that an informed statement of fact you're giving us, thucythucy Dec 2023 #102
....riiiiight.... B.See Dec 2023 #114
"Majority" yagotme Dec 2023 #127
Gen Xer here, and this article is hilarious. flvegan Dec 2023 #100
My next door neighbor just retired early from her senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #103
Thank you. thucythucy Dec 2023 #105
Division senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #139
My grandma was 3,000 miles away. My mother had me for a babysitter from 11 y.o. onward. Hekate Dec 2023 #136
One thing we can do to bring our DU blood pressure down is consider the source: Business Insider Hekate Dec 2023 #137
Not these boomers. redwitch Dec 2023 #138
Remember what boomers were treestar Dec 2023 #144
Boomer with Silent Gen parents shanti Dec 2023 #145
This isn't our experience either. We keep our grandchildren all the time. GoodRaisin Dec 2023 #146
My parents used to take overnight trips Dorian Gray Dec 2023 #148
I am gen x. My children needed some minding for a couple hours a day. boston bean Dec 2023 #151
We certainly do find meaningless things to be concerned about... Think. Again. Dec 2023 #153
Tail end boomer Woodwizard Dec 2023 #157
This message was self-deleted by its author sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #158
When Family Help Becomes Unreliable, Childcare Takes Over truddy777 Jan 18 #160
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Boomers are providing les...»Reply #134