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Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6
Eh, all kids in this generation are brats. Since when is high school considered work? Let alone, being hard? These kids are 14-18. At that age you're expected to go to school and receive a provided education, it's common sense. You really don't have any other responsibilities. Kids need to stop priding themselves like completing high school is some huge achievement, and they deserve praise. The parents should not be bribed for something you're suppose to be doing.
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Passing high-school is a piece of cake. All you need are strait Ds and you're set.
I'll...attempt to explain it to you. For all intents and purposes I'm going to assume you finished high school 25+ years ago. I'm 17. These days high school is essentially your life. Wake up at 5:40 am. Get to school by 7 am. Come home at 3:30pm, only to be sent 45 minutes later (so that time in between was wasted) on an extra-curricular activity that everyone present thinks is a waste of time (but it looks GUHD!). Come home at 6-7pm, only to start homework that lasts 5+ hours on average. In between being forced to decide whether to take a shower, eat with the family, or take a nap because you can't stay awake. Then the vicious cycle repeats. Homework during the weekend has been a common practice for decades, so I'll assume it was around the same amount of work back then.
In my freshman year my mom used to complain why I couldn't go to bed by 9:00pm and spend more time my friends like she was able to do in high school; she eventually gave up.
By the end of my Junior year I had a sleeping schedule similar to where I would fall asleep by 11:30pm, wake up at 12:30am to complete more work, and then fall asleep again at around 2:30am to wake up at 6:00pm.
Sure I have a well built resume, but I'm not even in the top 10% of my class.
Give youngsters more credit. Most parents "spoiling" their children realize how much harder their children are working than when they were in high school, and in kind give something that their children crave.
You may wonder why we seem so pissy and crave so much. Maybe we're driven to it. Maybe it's society's fault. Maybe it's our own fault. I am not an activist. I simply hope that the education system gets back on track before my kids are of age.
Edit: Mind you I go to a public school in California.