Hello, I'm a High School Graduate and My Job Pays Better Than Yours!

The concluding fact-byte to that July 24 article entitled "That Raise Might Take 4 Years to Earn as Well," by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, has me somewhat...startled. And desperate.
It reads:

Four-year college graduates
2000: $54,396
2004: $51,568
Percent change: Down 5.2%
High school graduates
2000: $28,179
2004: $28,631
Percent change: Up 1.6%
Source: The 2006 Economic Report of the President

I am a high school graduate working in a movie theater for the minimum wage.
I'm going to a university in Georgie next year.

Am I setting myself up for disappointment?

I sure hope not! :-(


- Sentientity