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From Textbooks To Checkbooks And Into The Real World

I'm a part-time employee who does not need to hear I'm not making enough money because the pay-stubs show it.

Breon Cummings
Sep 26, 2016
Vincennes University
23
From Textbooks To Checkbooks And Into The Real World
J. Stor Daily

Being in your 20s and working part-time jobs to live has been getting some real shade from society. I hear from other people, "When are you going to start making real money?" Yet, they are the ones with their cars being repossessed and barely making ends meet. What does "real money" even mean? Do they mean start a career? Well no apologies will be given from us, the ones chasing their dreams the way society drew it up. "You can't get a decent job without a degree". So when we go to college in pursuit of a degree, we are shamed for the jobs we accept while enrolled?

Being a college student and working part-time jobs is all some of us can do before starting careers. We all have dreams, whether it's to be a CEO of a major company or even the manager of your favorite store, but you have to start from the bottom and work our way up to the top. When you walk across that stage and receive your diploma from high school, you are thrown into the real world. You start taking on responsibilities: purchasing a new vehicle, taking on your own phone bill, or rent for your new apartment. Degree seeking students like myself are not able to dedicate 40+ hours to a job yet and if some do it's overwhelming. I came across people who went to work after high school with no intentions of achieving a degree and some who did achieve a degree, but do not really do anything with it.

So accepting a decent paying job that pays bills and allows us student to survive is subject to shame? You can shame me because I know I'm headed in the right direction, but don't shame the others like me trying to build a strong future for themselves. If society didn't make it so hard to find a job or succeed in anything in life without a career, maybe I would be living in a bigger apartment with maybe an extra dog or two. Yes, it is possible to start a career without a degree even a diploma, but that involves sacrifices that me and I'm sure large numbers of others are not willing to make on our dreams.So yes I'm going to continue working desk jobs, serving jobs, and even retail until I'm ready to take the next step in my career plans. And yes, I will continue to take my time with my plans, because like everyone says, "Rome wasn't build in a day".
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