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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

All I can say is this probably doesn't surprise anybody except old out of touch boomers and the each states version of the VCAA (people who make the curriculums)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I felt this way when I was in high school. I wanted to take a year off, but was repeatedly told I’d never go back if I took time away.

I was depressed, miserable, and had no clear vision for what I wanted my future to be

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm currently in a bit of a similar situation too, it's disturbingly common

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

My situation was quite a while ago, so I have lots of empathy for new grads. With everything going on in the world, and how expensive everything is, we should be encouraging young people to explore their options. Instead we squeeze them into a one size fits nobody box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm skeptical that it can increase since it was basically at almost 100% pressure back when I was in high school in the early aughts.

It makes less sense now, though. I was among the first demographic for which the return on a college degree did not match its price. Now, a degree is just baggage unless there is something you specifically want to study. It's amazing how something like $30,000 of debt can last a lifetime once interest is factored in.

Edit: Now that I've read the article, I see this is about the UK specifically. My experience is with the US and its endless pressure for individuals to take on debt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What

Where did you get the UK from?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Posted to: Australian [email protected]

Posted by: [email protected]

Link: A(ustralian)B(roadcasting)C(orporation).net .au

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you need to lay off the piss my guy (or at least lay off the Lemmy while pissed)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's so entertaining, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't fucking stand how usaians barrel into every conversation blithely assuming it's about them. Then if called out never apologise and say some bullshit about being the majority English speakers on the internet so being inconsiderate is fine.

note you never see Indian's doing it despite also having a massive English speaking population 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah I must admit it's one of my pet peeves, which is why I always call it out even if I'm doomed to downvote hell afterwards.

I thought things would be better here, since there's the whole instance thing and this instance is literally called aussie.zone with all the communities named something Australian (which was done so Americans wouldn't try to take it over), but somehow it seems to be worse here than it was on Reddit