I think in some cases it’s not so much that they [23 year olds] lack the appetite for work, but that the work they’re offered is unappetizing.
I couldn’t agree more. I dropped my physics class, not because it was hard, nor disinteresting, but because for two hours a week we copied numbers off the board into xcel (the prof called it a lab!). I wrote two midterm papers last night. Bang bang. They were actually fun to write – I just wish I had the onus to write one every week.
I think the problem here is much the same as with the apparent laziness of people this age. They seem lazy because the work they’re given is pointless, and they act irresponsible because they’re not given any power.
I applied to the WFP, and hope to god I can get in. I’m probably screwed because I applied alone, I just don’t know anyone I’d want to live and work with for three months. But college is really getting to me – the only real way I’m passing the time are the two jobs I managed to get: one in php and one with rails, I won’t say the extracurricular is bad, but I’m the kind of kid who needs to be doing something interesting and challenging on top of teenage schmoozing.
Indeed, one quality all the founders shared this summer was a spirit of independence. I’ve been wondering about that. Are some people just a lot more independent than others, or would everyone be this way if they were allowed to?
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