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https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/

“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

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[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 43 points 9 months ago

i can imagine the comments section without checking. "she shouldn't have gotten a degree in gender studies and critical race theory then!" "my niece is exactly like this, she got an education and now she thinks the world OWES her a living."

[-] AtomPunk@hexbear.net 27 points 9 months ago

Bingo. Lot of Big Brains claiming people should just major in STEM, since the job market is always hot for them.

[-] Alisu@hexbear.net 29 points 9 months ago

And then the people with stem degrees are also not getting jobs

[-] TimmytheDragon@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

That's quite true tough.

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