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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:00 AM

"The Trap"

Are young Americans more interested in selling out than changing the world? Daniel Brook's new book argues that 20-somethings are forced to choose between living by their ideals or making a living.
By Astra Taylor

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  • Monday, July 9, 2007 09:38 PM

    How is this different ...

    ... from any previous generation's aspirations? I don't believe either parents wished for the kinds of careers they had as adults. I know my father wanted to go to medical school but wound up teaching high school geometry and biology before working his way up the corporate ladder in HVAC marketing and sales. (Such is where an education masters degree will get you in the 1950's, I guess.)

    My mother had to cut short her own career aspirations to raise a family before (finally) getting her teaching degree 20 years later.

    Such is life.

    —noodleman Read noodleman's other letters

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