.A BUSINESS MAN.

Some children associate “going to work” with dressing in custom tailored navy blue suits. Other children witness Mom and Dad going to work in stained dungarees and free t-shirts. Scrubs, uniforms, and police badges are normal work attire for adults who kiss their little ones on the forehead at the bus stop in the morning. The stereotypical child of a “business man” sails, plays golf, and spends Saturday afternoons showing horses. The pressure that the parents endure rub off on the children who co-exist in their competitive world. These children are expected to conform to socially acceptable networks.

The American Dream has been considered a ghostly shadow of a simpler society. Men and Women, parents of promising students are tapping financial tools in order to provide higher education to their offspring. The networks that are made ensure chosen children are accepted into select societies of the future of finance, law, and medicine. The result of a debt free resume upon commencement costs personal exploration. The fostering of academia and creativity is lost as underachieving students are networked into the corporate world.

Upon completion of the cookie cutter 4 years at an elite university, many recent grads find themselves at the bottom of the corporate ladder. With no financial management skills of their own, 22-year-old graduates are left without passion and interests and find they are taking jobs that almost allow them to maintain the lifestyle they have grown accustomed. The goal of a corporate college is to produce a marketable person in the work force. The goal of the student should be to absorb the undergraduate experience of a learning environment. While facing the reality of “the real world”, many decide to return to graduate school, where the student is literally paying tuition for a better occupation.