“Call it idealism but most of my colleagues at Bates spoke about wanting to do something with their Bates degree to effect transformative change. In fact, I’ve actually been recruited to head up the Development Office of my old roommate’s nonprofit once she gets it started. Generation Y is redefining what success means and our definition, though still mired in monetary amounts (money has always been a status symbol and I don’t foresee that changing anytime soon), relates more to our feeling fulfilled more than simply making a living. We want to have personal lives, we want to enjoy ourselves, and things are simpler in some ways than they were for our parents. Though exponentially more difficult in other ways don’t get me wrong.” Read more.
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