CSU strike...

So I just read the article in the Mercury news talking about a strike that may occur in mid-March. That is a big sign how big problems are in the CSU system if professors and teachers want to strike. This will not only affect the faculty in the CSU's but also the students. It's been a rough raod for students also. Very semester since I've attended San Jose State, the tuition has gone up. Not only that, but the nooks required are way overpriced. Many students don't get too much financial help from their parents. Sure the school offers students to sell back books at the end of each semester, but half the time we can't sell the books back because a new edition has been published! So then we get stuck with books that we will probably never use again, but we paid nearly two-hundred dollars for. How ridiculous is that?! If the faculty goes on strike, we students area affected greatly. We are basically paying a high price for an education we may not get completetly if teachers go on strike.

the REAL world

Wow! Time has gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday I was starting my first day of college. And now, I'm in my third year. I can still remember filling out my college application online and marking undeclared for my major. And now, I'm a Marketing major. It's all gone by so quick. Hwre has all the time gone? Pretty soon I'm going to be in my last year of college, and then I'll be graduating. It's getting so difficult as I move up this college ladder. What am I going to do? The real world starts the moment I get that degree in my hand, but I don't even know where my life is headed.
I'm so stressed out as it is. It's been tough trying to juggle school, work, and somewhat of a social life. How could I even make it through life after college when I can barely handle everything in my life as it is. I have it so easy right now with my parents helping me out financially. How am I going to survive when I'm tossed out into the real world?

When I graduate...

So I was in the break room at work yesterday, and I was talking to one of the optometrists about school. He asked me what I was studying, so I told him marketing. Then he said that it was a good major, but that I should consider getting a master's degree after I graduate. I never really thought about continuing school to get an MBA because I was happy with just the idea of graduating college. He told me that it would probably be harder for me to find a good marketing job with just my degree.
I'm not even sure what I want to do with my degree when I get it or what kind of business I wanted to get myself into, but now he has me thinking that it's going to be even harder for me to figure anything out if I don't try to get a master's degree. I really don't want to continue with school once I graduate because I just want to get out there into the real world and just find a decent job for me to survive on my own. But now I don't even know what kind of decent job or what kind of future is ahead of me with just a bachelor's degree. I'm kind of scared now. Where will a marketing degree really lead me in the marketing business.