Perpetual Students

[NotJoeBiden]

Being productive is important, yes, because it makes you a productive member of society, but let's not forget that we are taught to shame others for being unemployed or for being in school too long. Unemployment is not a bad thing, there are seasonal workers who file for unemployment insurance because the nature of their job (seasonal fruit pickers) leaves them no other choice. So, should they be picked on for continuously filing for unemployment benefits?  "Ohhh...you're ALWAYS on unemployment..Get a JOB!" Um, no! We can't judge others because we haven't walked in their shoes, we don't necessarily know what others are going through. If someone wants to be in school forever, well...that's their decision to make. I'd rather hear that someone is in school, where they are learning, than to work at a fast food restaurant for 15-20 years and making a career out of THAT!

No one is "taught" to shame others they are taught (or should be) to be productive members of society and that means making the right choices in life to support themselves without constantly relying on the rest of society to do so. Everyone is free to choose their own path but those that keep making poor choices such as taking seasonal jobs and then abusing tax payer funded unemployment just because they can will be looked down on when everyone else is doing the right thing and working full time not abusing the system.

Going to school for the sake of going to school and not completing anything is not the same as someone taking years to acquire enough credits to complete a degree. People who don't complete things ever or cannot hold down a job are seen as unproductive and unreliable. You seem to want others to accept someone's poor life choices which they are not going to.

I have much more respect for someone who has worked 15-20 years at a fast food restaurant and slowly worked their way towards an online degree piece by piece then someone who mooches off their family with no job, abuses the unemployment system or uses the excuse that they are in school for 10 years as to why they do not have to work. Yeah I do "know" what these people are going through and I have zero remorse, they cannot function in society due to personality traits and believe entry level jobs are beneath them. They are usually selfish and narcissistic individuals.

What is your purpose in commenting here? Just to gatekeep people trying to learn?


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Joe the engineer