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Originally Posted by EvoFire
Yes the Canadian school system is good, and ranked highly. But it doesn't change the fact that the current curriculum doesn't do a great job preparing the students for life. There's not enough life finance education, and when there is, not enough emphasis on it.
I have no stats to back it up, but our generation was the one of the participation awards. I do not agree with that, and studies have shown that it's not always great and conditions kids to go for the award rather than excellence, and it hurts those who did excel as their achievements are diminished.
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Back when I was in HS, all we had was a single BS Consumer Ed course that honestly only taught the most basic aspects in life -- like how to file a tax return when all you've got is a T4 slip and maybe $5 worth of T5 earnings. It covered "the stock market", but made no mention of comissions, margins, futures, etc. (or maybe I just wasn't paying much attention in class?) Counsellors also covered some basic, basic stuff like basic sex ed -- why did they only tell me about vaginal sex and nothing else?!?! -- and some pretty basic career planning, which mostly translated into looking into one form of post secondary education or another, but without actually going into too much detail about their differences and nuances.
I honestly think the current system is trying to / actually doing more than what we had been offered. So how did we come out OK, while today's kids didn't? Was it simply because we grew up in a simpler world, while changes facing today's kids are happening too fast and on too many fronts?
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Originally Posted by noclue
I have to say though, social media has really amplified consumer spending being able to change wants to needs especially gen Z/A. And less restrictions such as those buy now pay later fintech and ubereats/delivery.
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I digress but my IG algorithm lately been showing more reels of "corporate girlie quitting to become a fulltime content creator or burnt out and need a year of travel!!" They dont have enough subscribers to sustain themselves so I feel bad for their BF/husband lol
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Social media is toxic, and presents a distorted reality. I can understand how kids have no immunity towards that since they haven't developed the cognitive maturity to separate the glitz and glam from reality. But it is really rather disappointing to see that adults -- and by that, I mean adults in their 20's and 30's -- fall prey to the distorted reality as well.
Is this because our generation and the generation before us have provided too cozy and materially rich environment for today's kids and young adults to grow up in? so none of their BS detecters are working?
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Originally Posted by bobbinka
a lot of people here are immigrants and their families came here to give them a better life. while people should not be entitled to things, does it feel like the next generation has a brighter future in terms of their economic/financial/social well-being?
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Esp in light of the world that we live in now, more than a few political commentators have suggested that the post WW2 peace dividend has been exhausted. And with that, I would definitely agree the next generation does not seem to be heading into a safer, brighter, and better world than the one we have lived.
