The lost generation:
Today’s children get prizes and
awards merely for participating — this sends a DANGEROUS message to kids:
“We’re all winners.”
This mindset is repeated
continuously at the end of each project, event, or season.
As a result, kids grow up expecting
awards and praise just for showing up — (by the way, this sounds like
socialism.)
This mindset leaves kids
terribly unprepared for the harsh realities of capitalism.
Capitalism is ruthless. It
rewards only winners, not just anyone that shows up to ‘work.’
Today, these kids are being
offered an irresistible deal: “Go to college, and don’t worry; you can pay the
massive college tuition with credit, and whenever you find a job with your
‘valuable’ degree, you can pay it back later.”
“I MUST participate!”
So, here they go to
“participate,” at a mediocre college, to study a mediocre (and outdated)
degree, to finally, AGAIN, get a “participation reward,” called a degree...
Now, here comes real life:
There’s
no easy way to find a good-paying job — and even worse — most don’t have a clue
how to compete in this ruthless new economy.
Stuck with no income and monthly
student debt payments, they‘re trapped.
I call these young adults the
lost generation.
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