I graduated into Bush's recession so naturally I doubled down and got a PhD. At least they pay you stipends to do that, even if I'm even less employable than ever! *Cries in millennial
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Social media wasn’t around back then to show them how college makes people gay, i.e. tolerant and open-minded. It’s hard to lump minorities into a stereotype you hate when you meet individuals, and they’re just people like you.
Plus, the promise of riches from a college education went out the window when it became less valuable than a boomer high school diploma.
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Not only that, but they neutered secondary education to being basically just be college prep. It's almost impossible to just live comfortably on a HS education from the past ~25 years because of how useless the information is to real life.
What was neutered? The job market left a HS education behind a long time ago, and that's not because of the high school curriculum, that's because of the job market
the curriculum did not adapt to the job market
The curriculum is cumulative. In order for it to adapt, kids would have to learn more advanced subjects earlier than they have in years past. There are lots of kids doing this in Advanced Placement classes, but most kids are not ready to progress that quickly.
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I made the mistake of having avocado toast once and now I'll never be able to financially recover.
I actually had avocado toast at a breakfast restaurant once. That shit was amazing. And $18. I finally understand the hype.
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sucks to suck, I've lived in a shoebox eating dirt for 40 years and I'll probably own my shoebox one day.
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