Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days ago"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"hexbear.netimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1image"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
https://archive.is/2024.06.22-170905/https://fortune.com/2024/06/21/gen-z-neets-not-in-employment-education-or-training/
minus-squareZodiark [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·edit-26 days agoCalling 15-18 year olds “NEET” is a wild one. I think it’s okay to take a gap year after high school, and take breaks from employment, education, and training now and then. Just don’t do it for too long or you’ll turn into
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 days agoIf you’re 15 and you’re not in education or an apprenticeship/training of some kind, the state has failed you.
minus-squareZodiark [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoTrue, but students doing an apprenticeship/training is a bit more rare than just receiving a general secondary education.
minus-squareGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoI would be okay with a generation of Felixs
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoTo be fair, child labor is legal again so these 15 year olds could already have 5-9 years of experience under their belt. They are being lazy and entitled by loafing about in school and learning how to read.
Calling 15-18 year olds “NEET” is a wild one.
I think it’s okay to take a gap year after high school, and take breaks from employment, education, and training now and then.
Just don’t do it for too long or you’ll turn into![emoji felix-linus felix-linus](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/de50e9e3-f65f-482b-b0bd-435ea1453888.png)
If you’re 15 and you’re not in education or an apprenticeship/training of some kind, the state has failed you.
True, but students doing an apprenticeship/training is a bit more rare than just receiving a general secondary education.
I would be okay with a generation of Felixs
To be fair, child labor is legal again so these 15 year olds could already have 5-9 years of experience under their belt. They are being lazy and entitled by loafing about in school and learning how to read.