Article overlooked colleges and trades

RE: A PRECARIOUS LIFE (SEPT. 1)

As a millennial, I was quite intrigued to come across this article. That soon turned into dismay.

The article suggests that the future life for many millennials is a bleak one in terms of work, mental health, housing affordability, etc. It does this in two ways; one by sharing a study by McMaster University that interviews 1,200 millennials that “(doesn’t paint) a really nice picture at all.” The other way is by interviewing three millennials and their difficult journey.

By the end of the article I noticed a trend — the study was done by McMaster University and all three millennials were university graduates.

As it turns out the article isn’t about the precarious life of millennials despite what the title and introduction suggest. A more appropriate title, one in step with its content would be “a precarious life for university graduates.”

Never once did the word “college” appear. Why was this segment of the millennial population never mentioned?

Last question, since the words “good” and “meaningful” work are repeatedly used in the article, is there an underlying assumption that a prerequisite to this is a university degree?

I hope not, if so I welcome millennials to come work with me for a day. We will get our hands dirty, but I can assure you that it can be both good and meaningful. Aaron DeVos, Hamilton