It’s wild to me that kids these days expect their parents to pay for their college.
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fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 week agonot 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
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 1 week ago
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
College is way too expensive to pay for yourself
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 week ago
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> 👈👈
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
It’s not a conspiracy that’s openly what it’s for
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 week ago
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.