Good news: the US is currently at war with ISIS. Bad news: that hasn't helped for a while. I would wager it hasn't helped since the rise of the MIC. Note also

Good news: the US is currently at war with ISIS. Bad news: that hasn't helped for a while. I would wager it hasn't helped since the rise of the MIC. Note also: lots of general labor/bagging groceries people has diplomas. But that's just because pretty much everyone has a diploma. I would be extremely surprised if they thought they were actually using their degrees. It's a crap situation, and victim blaming doesn't help (not directed at you). We just happened to be lucky that we like STEM. I know I was lucky enough to find my passion before college, then follow it, which luckily just happened to be a booming field.