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Originally Posted by Guinness
Really doesn't say much..are you saying that the 'some' are a majority or a minority, how many is a 'number'..2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 30, 100?
Sorry if i'm being a little pedantic here, but it really is far too easy to use cliches like that without quantifying.
Your example of the pillar of society young girl who has worked her way to university is admirable, unfortunately if she stays in this country after she has gained her masters, chances are she'll probably be back at the Walton washing dishes. Thanks to 30 years of politicians sucking up to non producing bankers, stockbrokers and financial traders whilst systematically destroying all semblance of productive industry.
Todays kids are far more media savvy than we were, they already know how bleak their future is, but i'll argue that the majority of them, when they get past that god awful 14/17 age range, still try to find work, despite the cruddy job centre weasels making them apply for 6 o'clock starts in Leyland, despite the platitude dispensing career officers and despite an education system full of second rate teachers that stifle creativity.
On a side note..You were looking for a job as a young girl in a mans world, was kinda different for us blokes in those days, think i've said it somewhere else on this forum, walk out of a job monday morning, knock on a couple of doors and be gainfully employed by tuesday morning was the norm
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I said SOME because you know very well I can't quantify....and yes you are being pedantic.
This young girl isn't a pillar of society...she is a normal young lass with a range of interests...she has a social life of sorts, but she has had it instilled into her by her parents that to get what you want in life you have to put the effort in and not expect someone else to do the legwork.
She has been taught to be resourceful....to have a plan, but also to have something in reserve in case things don't work out. She is focussed on what she wants, but is preapred to do other things that some young folk consider menial.
Sometimes it is what you have to do...and railing against the system(while it might vent some fury) is not in the least bit productive.
You have to do what it takes to get where you want...believe me I know.....I did it myself against the odds.
Perseverance and hard graft is what the youngsters need to learn...and a diversity of interest.
And yes, I know that it was a male world when I left school.....I would have taken an engineering apprentice-ship...or a plumbing apprentice-ship, but the ideology of the time was such that they were not available to girls......for us it was shops, offices, or the sewing room.
And as an aside, I thought this thread was more about youngsters spending their free time on street corners....not about youngsters of working age not being able to get jobs.