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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Fresh out of highschool? Wtf… Are kids really not getting jobs while still going to highschool anymore…
Am I out of touch or is this guy just an extreme privileged cunt?
Am I out of touch
No :)
is this guy just an extreme privileged cunt?
Totes!
Although, my experience definitely differed. I tried the “Get a job out of highschool” thing, but there were lines around the block consisting of former cubicle-dwellers with 3 kids applying to my local In-N-Out Burger, so stuff was bleak. I was fortunate I was able to wait a little while.
not as much anymore. it’s hard enough for a grown adult to have a 20 year old car and an entry level service industry job, which I hear from boomers is what they could afford with a part time job in high school.
some teens still work but usually only if their families really need the money. middle class teens are told to laser focus on college resume padding, so grades and extracurricular are what they end up doing. parents worry that a job will distract from algebra homework, and football or marching band looks better to prestigious colleges than McDonalds (non adult directed activities aren’t counted at all)
I didn’t get my first job until after I dropped out of college
(non adult directed activities aren’t counted at all)
I guess this closes certain avenues of BSing the system but also, wow that feels crazy arbitrary and unfair. Damn, it makes a lot of sense that this would be some kinda unspoken rule of what counts.
Not to be too conspiracy-brain but it really fits that notion that modern schooling exists solely to subsidize corporate recruitment.
“We made our own film/robots/fundraiser/business!” 👎👎
“I did free labor for a wealthy multinational conglomerate!” <br>😎<br> 👈👈
It’s not a conspiracy that’s openly what it’s for
Cool. I agree. Was just covering my butt online, I suppose.
Especially because I don’t want to come off as anti-education or anti-intellectual, but the gatekeepers to that education are so beyond corrupt at this point.
It’s wild to me that kids these days expect their parents to pay for their college.
College is way too expensive to pay for yourself
option B.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
He’s super out of touch, I had a part time job when I was 15 at a Dairy Queen. And as far as I’m aware, that’s still pretty common.
moody@lemmings.world 4 weeks ago
Some people do, for sure, but lots of people don’t get a job until college age, or in some cases until after graduating.