Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days ago"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"hexbear.netimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1image"I’m just focusing on the present because the future is depressing"hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-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-up39·edit-29 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-up21·9 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-up4·9 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-up10·9 days agoI would be okay with a generation of Felixs
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days ago15-18 yos? The oldest of Gen Z are about to turn 30. Not saying they’re justified, just that Gen Z isn’t just 15.
minus-squareOrionsMask [he/him,any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoIn their defense, the youngest members of Gen Z are around that age range.
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 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
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
15-18 yos? The oldest of Gen Z are about to turn 30. Not saying they’re justified, just that Gen Z isn’t just 15.
In their defense, the youngest members of Gen Z are around that age range.
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.