Quote #1: More Young Americans Out of High School Are Also Out of Work

Quote:

"For this group, finding work that pays a living wage and offers some sense of security has been elusive."

Response:

In Catherine Rampell's article, More Young Americans Out of High School Are Also Out of Work, this quote is pertaining to those Americans who have graduated in the last six years.  This quote by Rampell gives insight to the fears that these high school graduates live with each day.  Although they have high enough of an education for their fathers and grandfathers to have worked their way through life and lived comfortably, they cannot.  Since the financial crisis these people have seen a yearly reduction in full-time employment across the United States, causing them to move back in with parents, take part time jobs, or even go back to school in hopes of a better job.  Rampell makes sure in her article in the New York Times to get the insight of not only surveyors and colleges who keep track of current U.S. statistics, but also the direct words from those currently suffering from this lacking employment.  These people's American Dream is immediately hindered before they've even started due to there being no work to start off in.  Prior to the beginings of globalization, and more advancements in technology these people with only high school degrees were the backbone of the working world, they whether it was factories, construction, or any other manual labor which those with higher education and specialization did not want to do these people always had work.  Today however, with changes from a U.S. market economy to a global economy, they have not only lost jobs to faster producing machines, but also foriegn labor forces.