School gives the adult world time to make money before the next
generation takes it all from them. "Yeah, stay in school -
saturate the market with PhD's... while the money train goes
'round and round. I understand historical child labor laws and
their necessity. But It bothers me that kids (by that I mean 9+)
have to beg for money. I was lucky. In 3rd grade, I got a
passbook savings account. By 11, I was able to get a basic
checking account. By 13, I had a small job after school.
All that stuff is impossible now. I mean yes, there were abuses;
adults laundering money through kid's bank accounts.
But... meanwhile, because of a few jerks who used it as a
loophole, millions of kids around the world have to beg parents
for money.. even through their 20s and 30s (extended schooling)
because they enter the financial world untrained and unarmed,
screw up their credit (everybody does at 18-20, at least in the
USA), then spend years fixing it, dependent upon parents longer
and longer.
Ugh, sorry. It's my rant. Kid's need special protections but
they don't need to be isolated from the world they're in,
especially today with the Internet. Now alternate currencies
have arisen, Steam, Roblox Robux, all tied into real money. So
at least they have _something_ to work with. But still, it's all
ridiculousness. Oh well. I've been fighting for kids' rights
since I WAS a kid and even at 43, the same things piss me off as
they did then.
The way the education system is setup.. I don't even want to get
started. But I'm not too worried 'cause GenZ will fix it when
they're finally old enough to be in positions of power. At least
a _few_ will remember the freedoms they had young with the
Internet and _expect_ the outer realities to reflect that. The
changes will be organic and they'll happen.
