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randomuser · 3236 days ago · link · · parent · post: “Just be yourself” is cruel, fraudulent advice to give young people - Salon.com
It's kind of the same as "follow your dreams" or striving for the "American dream". It was cool when America didn't have so many people or trade with anyone but itself, but at this point we have enough doctors and lawyers, there is no gold you can pan out of streams everywhere in California and we need plumbers/electricians. Chances are that 90% of these kids that are told they can achieve these dreams will never come anywhere close, and they'll know before high school that the whole thing was a sham. People need to be a bit more honest with kids I think, then the next generation may not end up as entitled and useless as the current one comparitively.