School Daze.
Quote:
"'You see, it's not only important to keep these fourteen-to-eighteen-year-olds off the job market, it's also essentials to keep them at home as non-wage-earning consumers.'" Page 60
Response:
It was really interesting how he said this. I never thought of school like this, but reading this made me think about more things. I agree on what he is saying, same as what Julie was saying. Because Julie was basically saying that most teenagers learn things and just forget about it the next year in school. So basically teenagers are just in school to stay of the streets, and then when they graduate that's when they are really learning how to survive later on in life. Also in this quote Ishmael talks about to keep them as non-wage-consumers, which causes more jobs for older people and makes parents spend there money on the kids school stuff. so it makes the parents work harder also. The school system just seams really messed up. And how Ishmael was explaining it to Julie mad it a clearer picture and easier to understand.
I think that's why kids who have to learn those "life skills" earlier than their peers seem so grown up.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how you say the school system is messed up although I don't agree with Ishmael as most schools aren't messed up like he thinks all of them are.
ReplyDeleteI agree, you usually hear the usual spiel that "you need to go to school, or you wont survive in life". but really it's all a rouse. and really it's not even that hard to notice when you look at it twice.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good point and i completely agree with you. What I also found interesting is that before the takers, we survived by gathering food, water, and living essentials. Nowadays, we survive by doing jobs, our parents doing jobs, or inheriting the hard work and efoort of doing a job. What I also find interesting is that Takers punish people for their actions rather than right the wrong. Because of this, someone gets as close to a leaver as possible by becoming an "uncivilized criminal". In jail, they do not do a job, they sometimes go without food as a leaver does, they live with a way that works for them, and they only have as much as they need. You made a good point and journal. Thank you for letting me speak my opinion on this topic.
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