Are all of today's teens/20-somethings dealing with entitlement issues?

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I do have friends who have degrees and think they should get higher paying jobs.

I had one friend who is a counselor at the drug clinic where I was an Lpn. She has her bachelors in pyschology and she complained when she found out that we LPN's made a good $10 more than a person with a degree.

Supply and demand, baby. Supply and demand. Colleges are spitting out lots of psych majors. As far as Lpn's, not so many. I am 34 and in most places I was the YOUNGEST Lpn.

I had to comment on this. As a Psych major I knew what I was getting into. If you look at the job prospects for psych majors with just an undergrad degree, its highly amusing. You get things like 'Admin Assistant', 'Clerical Worker', 'Small Business Owner'... Basically all jobs that you could get without the degree. In the psychology field, it is only once you get a Masters or beyond that the doors open for you. Most states require a Masters to become a LPC, LMFT, so on. Almost all (if not all) states require a doctoral degree (some with the strict APA Accrediation of the degree program) to actually be a psychologist. Unless they have connections or a job set up for them when they finish, just getting an undergrad degree in Psych only sets you up to be an educated fry-cook basically.

This is why I, personally, started shopping around and compling information for Masters programs *before I ever took a single undergrad psych class or test*. I researched the field and the outcomes before jumping into it and I know what expectations to have (and not have) upon completion of my degrees.

With the internet and instant access information in this day and age (looking at the type of job openings in one's area for a certain field and the requirements for those jobs, IE RESEARCH!, it only takes a little bit of time to do,) it's hard for me to understand the people who come out of college with an undergrad degree and then seem outraged when it doesn't land them a CEO position at a Fortune 500 company.

But back to April's comment again. I also have the (dubious?) distinction of working at a software development firm who's main product is Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software. I work closely with hospitals and doctor's offices on a daily basis - both the medical staff as well as the office staff. I must say that it's amazing the turnover these places have in their nursing positions. But then again, the building that my offices are in is also the home to the local campus of Brown Mackie College... So I get to see the ummm... Interesting... people that attend school here day to day that are paying $27-35000 for a state accredited (not even nationally accredited - as of right now, their degrees are worthless pieces of paper outside the state) associates degree as a medical assistant or ocupational therapy assistant (not even a Nursing degree/certificate). These students are going for the easy money because the medical field NEEDS PEOPLE!!!!! (No, they don't need just 'people', they need skilled and trained Nurses, PAs and Doctors.)

It's kinda sad actually.