This is why millennials will never grow up

[2naSalit]

48. Many of us have not been able

to find steady employment, especially those of us over 45. I was 45 when I graduated... because I started college at 35 and went all the way through a master's degree... and all that from entering academia as a 9th grade dropout. I needed the loans or I would never have even been able to get through the first year, it was painfully tough, I worked all through college and still came out in financial trouble because 9/11 truncated all career options 30 days after getting that very costly hood wrapped around my neck. I know there are many graduates and attempted graduates in the same boat, and now there's age discrimination... if I could have had steady work, it could have made a dent in my loan debt but since finding and holding a job was impossible, I have had a hard time staying in good graces with the Dept. of Ed. I even went into default for a short time but was able to climb out of that and into acceptable standing but I can only seem to find seasonal employment, at least I can keep this shabby roof over my head and my '92 vintage vehicle running and paid for, that's about as far as it goes. And then there's the getting old factor where after having a physically demanding career my body can't maintain - why I went to college in the first place - there aren't a whole lot of jobs I can do anymore, that's all I have to say about that.