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re: Study Finds American Millennials To Be Some Of The World's Least Skilled People
Posted on 3/13/15 at 6:55 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Posted on 3/13/15 at 6:55 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Do better.
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Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:00 am to JudgeHolden
I know you are old as frick now probably with prostate issues and ED at this point but I can't entertain you, I'm sorry. Try calling your grandchildren or get in a home. I hear there is mad pussy in the senior living facilities so you may want to look into getting some dick pills before you check in
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This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 7:01 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:06 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Mocking is not argument. Do better. Seriously.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:06 am to Bench McElroy
Good. People won't expect me to do all the bull shite that I want to avoid by getting an advanced education. Did that shite for 10 years. Not no mo
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:07 am to UpToPar
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That's not the point of the study. The point of the study is that if you ask a 25 year old today how to change his oil, or how to weld, or how to change an outlet they probably would have no clue. Ask a 65 year old the same thing and they could likely do it with ease.
Whose fault is that? For my 7th birthday my dad bought me a saw, hammer, and ruler with the intention that it would inspire to want to build something. He never bought me wood or nails, and never came up with a project for us to do together to help me learn. Much of this was probably because he worked 70-80 hours a week.
Many millennials grew up in households with workaholic parents in a world with cheap goods and services.
It is/was a world where if something breaks you go to Walmart and buy a new one, or call a repair man because you don't have time to deal with it yourself. Now because no one had time to deal with while we were growing up it meant we also didn't learn what to do on our own.
What we did learn were computers because our parents bought one and stuck us in front of it because they were told that it was the way of the future.
Many kids in my socioeconomic level and above never had a real job in high school or college. Our parents thought if we just focused on school that it would help us get ahead. They left it up to an educational system that focuses on teaching to the test to somehow turn us into well rounded individuals.
Millennials aren't the problem, rather a symptom of a society moving away from doing things the hard way. It's a world of fast food and fast answers. We have made ourselves ever dependent upon technology, and it has lead to compromises in the way we now learn to do things.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:10 am to Bmath
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Who's fault is that?
Who cares? If it makes you feel better, it's my fault. Not my generation, just me. Now that's out of the way. What do we do?
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 7:11 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:16 am to UGATiger26
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Meh, that's not really the point of it either. I would not expect anyone, of any age, who is not a welder by trade to know how to weld.
What? I've been welding since I was 14 and have a large number of friends that could lay a shite weld that would hold if they need to.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:21 am to JudgeHolden
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quote: Who's fault is that? Who cares? If it makes you feel better, it's my fault. Not my generation, just me. Now that's out of the way. What do we do?
Fix the way we educate today's youth. Get back to basics. Push more hands on learning and trade skills. We say we don't want our kids to work while in school. Fine, find other hobbies and activities for them to do that teach them something. Sports are great, but they alone do not make you well rounded. Personally I got most of my practical knowledge from working my way towards becoming an Eagle Scout.
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 7:22 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:24 am to Darth_Vader
I agree DV. These kids are as lazy as their fricking parents were. Holding their hands out with a silver spoon hanging out of their mouth.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:29 am to cahoots
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So the American educational system sucks? Cool, let's pay teachers $40k and take away all of LSU's monies.
Are you saying that's too much money? Because that is nothing and because of that people don't want to be teachers.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:30 am to Bmath
It's more than just education though. It's a generation of helicopter parents who never see that their kid could be in the wrong or somehow imperfect. saw it everyday when I worked at a therapy clinic. Parents bringing their kids in for occupational therapy because their grades were bad or they had behavior problems. It could never be that the kid was a mediocre student or lazy or a spoiled little shite. It had to be some sort of pathology. Most of the time they were on medicstion for anxiety or ADD, but never were they sent to tutors or had their extracurricular avtivities stopped until they got their shite together. Not once. Granted, this is anecdotal. But, it seems very common nowadays.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:32 am to UpToPar
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That's not the point of the study. The point of the study is that if you ask a 25 year old today how to change his oil, or how to weld, or how to change an outlet they probably would have no clue. Ask a 65 year old the same thing and they could likely do it with ease
Why the frick wpuld I want to weld?? I make enough money to be able to pay someone to weld a giant vibrating dildo made of changed tires and outlets to my car so I can drive it into your gaping vagina
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:36 am to tgrbaitn08
They need to do lots of things differently but here are 4 ideas:
1. Everyone take a year off after high school to join the workforce before college. It helps you figure out what you want to do, allows buffer to mature before college, and teaches some responsibility. Universities can offer "contingent acceptance" to applicants if they agree to work a real job for a year and can prove they did so.
2. Stop selling college as the only possible career option. The year break after high school could help here, but it needs to be said separately. Become a master plumber, welder, carpenter, etc and you'll get paid more than most college grads and not have student loans. Not everyone should go to college. Period.
3. Bring back shop class for all ages.
4. Make math and science harder in schools. Throw out calculators before 11th grade.
1. Everyone take a year off after high school to join the workforce before college. It helps you figure out what you want to do, allows buffer to mature before college, and teaches some responsibility. Universities can offer "contingent acceptance" to applicants if they agree to work a real job for a year and can prove they did so.
2. Stop selling college as the only possible career option. The year break after high school could help here, but it needs to be said separately. Become a master plumber, welder, carpenter, etc and you'll get paid more than most college grads and not have student loans. Not everyone should go to college. Period.
3. Bring back shop class for all ages.
4. Make math and science harder in schools. Throw out calculators before 11th grade.
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 7:39 am
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:36 am to Sentrius
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Looks like the baby boomers didn't do a good job preparing their kids
It's crazy what happens when you refuse to hold people accountable because you constantly obsess about their feelings and perpetually lower standards in the name of self-esteem.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:39 am to weedGOKU666
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:40 am to weedGOKU666
It's not about wanting to. It's about could you if you had to. Similar to changing a spare tire. Or fix a water leak on your faucet.
Congrats on your veterinary assistant job though.
Congrats on your veterinary assistant job though.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:45 am to Bmath
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Many kids in my socioeconomic level and above never had a real job in high school or college. Our parents thought if we just focused on school that it would help us get ahead. They left it up to an educational system that focuses on teaching to the test to somehow turn us into well rounded individuals.
Millennials aren't the problem, rather a symptom of a society moving away from doing things the hard way. It's a world of fast food and fast answers. We have made ourselves ever dependent upon technology, and it has lead to compromises in the way we now learn to do things.
Nail. Head.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:45 am to Antonio Moss
My son's doctor told me something years ago that stuck with me. She said self esteem is a made up thing and only recently a concern for parents. She told me to focus on education and independent living skills because the self esteem comes from being able to care for one's self, not telling him how wonderful he is while coddling him. Best Parenting advice ever.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:45 am to Bench McElroy
That is the same group who thinks everything should be handed to them on a silver platter.
Posted on 3/13/15 at 7:46 am to drunkenpunkin
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Most of the time they were on medicstion for anxiety or ADD, but never were they sent to tutors or had their extracurricular avtivities stopped until they got their shite together. Not once.
Except ADD and anxiety are real problems. They are a recent phenomenon of modern society where we are now expected to sit for hours on end with our attention focused on one single thing. People didn't do that until a hundred years ago or so.
Today we mold our children into cookie cutter kids theoretically ready for college. All the while forgetting that not everyone has the same talents, and there is a lot more in the real world that we are failing to prepare them for.
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