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I think better advice is follow your passions. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #1
How about "Indulge Your Curiorsity"? KittyWampus Jun 2013 #13
People should do that all the time. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #15
I like the advice I saw recently here on DU (from a different commencement speaker). Laelth Jun 2013 #54
More like: Newest Reality Jun 2013 #2
+1 Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #5
+1 90-percent Jun 2013 #17
Ouch rastaone Jun 2013 #20
Agreed. Very sad because, for many, it will be very true. Laelth Jun 2013 #55
Dude...That hits a little TOO close to home Blue_Tires Jun 2013 #72
Oh, sorry. Newest Reality Jun 2013 #74
Fuck this world without my dreams. hunter Jun 2013 #3
I agree with hunter! Awknid Jun 2013 #4
Holding Your Head Up RobinA Jun 2013 #107
Funny thing about the word robot... Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #7
+1,000 n/t malaise Jun 2013 #8
Do you want to Make Money.... bvar22 Jun 2013 #12
It's not necessarily a zero-sum thing anyway. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #16
I want to eat. DeadLetterOffice Jun 2013 #18
Yes, this. lolly Jun 2013 #22
Well said! nt raccoon Jun 2013 #65
"School was a Place to Learn about The World, Zorra Jun 2013 #39
today's kids can forget about creativity, fun, passion, and dreams. They don't teach those things liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #42
Hear, hear. We are witnessing what a sad and hopeless place the world is when Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #89
I think this is what Prof. Wade is talking about... blahblah98 Jun 2013 #27
+1. working class kids are fed all sorts of unrealistic crap & thrown into the workplace. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #36
+1 DeadLetterOffice Jun 2013 #50
You and your son are likely to get another lesson in reality, I'm sorry to say. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #90
Love the romantics blahblah98 Jun 2013 #92
You're right, it doesn't eliminate capitalism (if only it were that simple), but we do it because Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #95
The Romantics RobinA Jun 2013 #108
Maybe your son likes history... a la izquierda Jun 2013 #97
Hunter, You CAN Follow Your Dreams Demeter Jun 2013 #29
Wherever I end up, I'm always living my dream. hunter Jun 2013 #37
I don't have a patron or an inheritance, klook Jun 2013 #71
Fuckin' a right, hunter! I followed my dreams and my life is, and has been, total ass kickin' Zorra Jun 2013 #35
Absofuckinglutely, hunter! Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #47
Yes, that sounded like she was just telling the truth treestar Jun 2013 #61
+ Infinity Octafish Jun 2013 #69
It does indeed follow that many people will put their dreams LanternWaste Jun 2013 #78
My current dream is to build an economic system... hunter Jun 2013 #79
but you are a slave. :( nt galileoreloaded Jun 2013 #94
Our economic masters ignore my good advice, so it's only fair I ignore them. hunter Jun 2013 #96
Jimmy Cliff- ruffburr Jun 2013 #103
A Dream? How about a Plan? sibelian Jun 2013 #109
I have some pretty weird dreams. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #6
Do tell. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #77
How sad.. Texasgal Jun 2013 #9
Another academic advocating for post secondary education's devolution into overpriced Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #10
How many people really *want* to be "banksters", anyway? YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #84
I Guess She Never Dreamed About Being A Professor.......... thelordofhell Jun 2013 #11
Muddle through and make the best of things daleo Jun 2013 #14
I agree with the professor Shankapotomus Jun 2013 #19
Absurd. nolabear Jun 2013 #21
My father always told us rastaone Jun 2013 #23
It is true that it is very rare to actually survive Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #24
well obviously she is right - at least for the overwhelming majority of people Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #25
Dontcha have to find yerself first? L0oniX Jun 2013 #26
Our sick society only values making money. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #28
Colleges should stop saying "Follow your dreams" when they enter college FarCenter Jun 2013 #30
Look, you're American, so scale it back it, alright? Marr Jun 2013 #31
"Choose to be happy." AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #32
It's OK to follow your dreams if you do it with eyes wide open. MadrasT Jun 2013 #33
My dad is an artist. For some years he made his living teaching art. hunter Jun 2013 #34
most people have lost something th HiPointDem Jun 2013 #38
Somebody may have a passion for information science treestar Jun 2013 #62
I say pursue your interests... At this point, picking the "right" major is pretty much a crapshoot. reformist2 Jun 2013 #40
Thought this was the extension of the "You aren't special" guy... Pelican Jun 2013 #41
I keep thinking of this video... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #80
I like his speech better... Libertas1776 Jun 2013 #82
She's right. And you dreams should have nothing to do with which degree you pursue. nt Pragdem Jun 2013 #43
Is this a public school or private? liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #44
It's the private college in Los Angeles where Barack Obama went from '79 to '81! n/t alp227 Jun 2013 #99
This whole society undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #45
That has been my experience as well. This culture rewards sociopaths. nt DLevine Jun 2013 #56
I always wonder what that would have been like... bhikkhu Jun 2013 #46
why does it have to be one or the other ? JI7 Jun 2013 #48
Bumper sticker truisms are always lousy advice. Quantess Jun 2013 #49
You should start a thread with this! nt raccoon Jun 2013 #67
Meh! Are_grits_groceries Jun 2013 #51
the sad thing for me is that had I followed my dreams magical thyme Jun 2013 #52
Oh magical thyme (((hugs))). You know my husband was one of the "lucky few" riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #93
it's ok, Rider, I re-read my post at work yesterday magical thyme Jun 2013 #100
Good luck! I know many people make extra bucks with prospects that fall through the cracks riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #105
my understanding is that arabians are all about bloodlines magical thyme Jun 2013 #106
That happened to me as well. sibelian Jun 2013 #110
I agree. That's cruel and unrealistic advice for all but the very rich. k&r n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #53
Next she'll be telling us there are no silver linings in dark clouds. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #57
My current theory: Have two jobs. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #58
That is basically my situation right now. The other thing I would advise is... stevenleser Jun 2013 #102
It is cruel and stupid. Safetykitten Jun 2013 #59
After reading the comments treestar Jun 2013 #60
Horatio Alger: Bullshit then and bullshit now. HughBeaumont Jun 2013 #63
Yup, 6 more years until retirement, then I'll follow some dreams.... callous taoboy Jun 2013 #64
Most dreams turn into nightmares. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #66
"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?" -- Bruce Springsteen. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Jun 2013 #70
The Onion: Turning Satire Off For a Bit . . . HughBeaumont Jun 2013 #73
After graduation, it took awhile to figure out 4_TN_TITANS Jun 2013 #75
Dynamic balance + Isn't it to be expected that a dysfunctional culture would produce inflated patrice Jun 2013 #76
"Follow your dreams" isn't only about getting a job, it is about living a good life. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #81
Without a roof over your head and food to eat, there's nothing to strive for either... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #86
except food and shelter. We all have different levels of dreams and goals. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #91
. snagglepuss Jun 2013 #83
The issue is that we a society and system that equates happiness with wealth and status... YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #85
Scott Adams' take on this jrandom421 Jun 2013 #87
But Dilbert is a miserable little man living in his own self-imposed hell. hunter Jun 2013 #104
Harry Chapin's take on this jrandom421 Jun 2013 #88
She should just say "Look student you're flamingdem Jun 2013 #98
All I got from that advice was a restraining order.... WCGreen Jun 2013 #101
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