Class of 2007

Next, explain whether she is optimistic or pessimistic. How can you tell?
She is pessimistic. First of all, she starts talking about all of the bad things about college. She asks the parents that in order to pay their children's way through college if they had to get here by greyhound. After the students get their diploma they will probably be in around $20,000 of debt from having to use loans, and will still have a hard time trying to find decent jobs. Some of the students will probably be living in cubicles and be working at Starbucks or Borders for the next 3 to 4 years until they can get their life together. She also talks about how the world is becoming less inhabitable and that our generation better raise hell because this is a matter of survival.

Thirdly you will write your OWN 300 word speech for current graduates. What advice do you have for current graduates?

Hello current graduates. I know that most of you after you graduate are planning to go to college and get good jobs some day. But on the other hand some of you are just tired of being in school and can't wait to graduate so you can live at home with your parents for the rest of your life. Well you might not want to do that. If you ever want to get a good job in life your going to want to go to college and get a degree. Some companies won't even bother interviewing you if you don't have a degree, no matter how experienced you are in that particular field. If you don't have a degree the only way that you'll get a good job is if you know a lot of people that work in your field. People give their friends jobs all the time even if their friends aren't smart or don't have a lot of experience in the field.
The thing that I can't stress enough is to watch your student loans. Make sure that you pay off your loan as soon as possible. I know that some loans say that you have from 6 months to a year off after you graduate before you have to start paying it off, but 6 months can go buy pretty fast in the real world. After that amount of time you usually won't have the money to pay it off. Then you start getting constant phone calls from the loan company. If you don't pay off your loan fast your credit start to get bad. When you have bad credit it is sometimes very difficult or impossible to buy things. You may have to have your parents use their credit to buy you things, and that can be pretty embarrasing.
To avoid having to deal with loans you might want to make sure you do good in school so you can get scholarships, and you may want to get some financial aid. Make sure that the thing your majoring in is something that your going to enjoy. Don't major in it just because your going to make a tone of money or because your parent's told you to. Even if the job doesn't pay a whole lot you should major in it if you love to do it. So my only advice to you graduates is to get a degree, get an education, and be able to face the real world with smiles on your faces.