Would You Be Offended if a Friend Suggested Job Corps?

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One of my friends called me today with a ton of excitement in her voice. She screamed at me, "Write down this phone number!" After I pretended to do so (figuring I could just ask her again if it was something cool), she tells me... "There was this add on TV, where they pay for your room and board and you get to learn a job skill! You could get a job!" This friend doesn't have a job. She is in college, but has been in college as long as I have and she is no where near graduation. I have a job and have had jobs for years. I am nearly ready to graduate (hopefully!). So I ask her, "Do you mean, Job Corps?" She says, "Yes, that is it!" I was so mad. That place helps you learn basic skills to do some type of entry level position and is mostly for people who are dirt poor and did not even graduate high school. When I told her what it was, I guess she honestly didn't realize it. She thought you could become a nurse there from watching the commercial, so she concluded I also did not need to go to vet school after college because I could just become a vet there, in a few weeks! HA! If only it were so easy. I did kind of have to laugh at the end. But if you had received this call, would you be offended too that someone suggested you should join Job Corps?