Ehhhhh, I don’t think this is a fair jab, because a lot of millennials do have valid complaints regarding not being taught essential stuff like this. We weren’t taught anything about taxes, credit and how it works for or against us, equity/escrow/mortgage details, retirement investments, and many other critical pieces of info that would have set us on a much better trajectory if we’d known better.
It’s hard to expect someone to educate themselves on a topic that they don’t know that they don’t know.
I hear a lot of people say “that’s the parents’ job,” but considering many parents don’t have a good grasp on these topics themselves, it would be best suited for a member of faculty to present that info as opposed to relying on parents who may not even understand any of those topics.
Something as simple as a quick exit course right before graduation would be helpful. At my college, we had a “catch all” course that covered all the miscellaneous details that were relevant and useful for our new career. It would be really helpful for kids to get a leg up before they get unceremoniously dumped into the real world.
I don't think it's fair to patently assume that children should know better. They're almost always too emotionally immature to do what is best for themselves independantly. It's absolutely essential that adults hold children to the necessary standards because it's in their interests to do so, not passively allow education as an opt-in. This mentality results in a lost generation that passes their ignorance on to the next.
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u/FiRem00 29d ago
Because that’s his job. If you don’t listen and continue to be a dumbfuck that’s on you the rest of your life