statistic: today an average student will graduate with twice as much debt as a student ten years ago; today's average job pays less than it did ten years ago.
Congratulations, you're a recent college graduate, ready to head out into the real world to make your own money. But in the midst of all the celebratory bar hopping did you ever stop and take a second to realize that the past four years have really added up? Today, an average college student will graduate with twice as much debt as a student ten years ago. These days the average debt is $20,000 or more! But that's ok, right? Because you're going to go out and get a real job now. Maybe you didn't realize that the average salary for a new graduate is $30,000, which is less than the average starting salary ten years ago. Kind of a buzz kill, huh. What about the credit card bills you racked up? The average college students credit debt is about $3,200. Make the minimum payments on that and you'll end up paying more than twice the original amount by the time you finally get it paid off, 18 years later. This debt can cause you to get a small mortgage on a home, give you a horrible credit rating, or be the reason you may not be able to save enough for retirement.
(all of this information would just be heard while visuals of a college graduate that is celebrating slowly gets more depressed after every piece of information)
story #2
This idea is a comparison of a 2008 graduate and a 1998 graduate. I would show both of them, one on each side of the screen. The 98 grad would happily be enjoying life with a lot of material things that he could buy because he didn't have much debt to pay off. He doesn't have to worry about money issues much. The 2008 grad will be shown living in a bad apt., working late hours, and he can only afford to buy the necessities after paying bills. I'm not sure about the audio quite yet. I don't know if the same information on the above story should be read as well or not. I am leaning more toward this approach.
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