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Someone tell her the economy is doing great.
(hexbear.net)
“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.”
NGL, kinda reassuring seeing people from privileged backgrounds which allowed them not only to get one degree, but two!!!, struggling more like people from disadvantaged backgrounds. I couldn't finish a degree because I had to work a lot, with work hiring me for my student status, knowingly scheduling work during university hours, not paying me enough for me to have food at the end of the month after paying rent, with me having no time or energy to study due to hunger and exhaustion, already having had missed lectures due to the scheduled shifts. They will still eventually get far ahead of me, but maybe they develop some empathy.
I'm so tired of people who had the privilege to finish a degree looking down on people who didn't have the material conditions to do so...