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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked for USAID and DH also has low pay, for-the-public-good job with volatility thrown in for kicks. We both have always felt passionate about our work - they were vocations, not just jobs. Our kid is a business major and says he wants a job that will make him good money and that he likes what he does every day well enough. That’s it. I don’t think he’ll do anything slimy, but I think he sees work as just…work. It’s what you do to pay the bills. He doesn’t seem to need a calling or a purpose in it. I was so different at his age. Idealistic, driven to change the world. Which I never did, of course. I think this next generation is more cynical, or maybe just realistic.[/quote] Realistic! The world is far too expensive now to “follow your dreams.” It is such an astoundingly privileged notion that a person should pursue whatever it is they want to do and expect to become successful in this vocation.[/quote]
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