I don’t think it’s a thing of wanting to be miserable but more of I'd say lack of guidance. Lack of actually wanting to reach out and talk to someone to see if the job or career is actually suitable for them. Work isn’t everything but it is a part of living. Weather you’re stuck flipping burgers or managing a business in the end you’re still apart of the day/night train. Not saying it ends on that note but it’s still a thing where even though someone may hate the job the work at they feel stuck. In that I wouldn’t say they choose to be miserable. Obviously parents have a say in what their kids do and who they hang out with (in a sense) and where they end living or going, meeting and seeing. In the end though you can’t protect that child from everything. They need that exposure. Anyone preventing that will raise someone who will be ill prepared for the world. It ain’t kind sister.
My school didn't teach how to do taxes or most other important "adult" things... and my school is considered one of the best in my state :?
Agriculture, composting, and soil quality, and Financial literacy like personal taxes and investing seem to be the two biggest "real world" subjects that are making their way into schools nowadays.
We didn't have much, but I do appreciate what was offered. Senior year, for half a semester we were required to take economics and learned the basics of check book keeping, finances, taxes, stocks. Well, they tried. A lot of it was taught via computer games and Shark Tank episodes. I was in the "advanced" class, so apparently we did more actual learning? Sophomore year we were required to take half a semester of a... I forget what they called it. "Planning Class" or something. We learned to take notes different ways and make schedules and plan a calendar. The other half of the semester was a required public speaking class where all I remember is cutting up magazines and gluing it to poster boards for a presentation ig Those classes didn't have advanced versions so I was subjected to gen pop Lol, they never stopped teaching agriculture here, but they do not make it mandatory and don't really advertise the existence of the classes well. I found out waaay too late I could've been taking classes in things like mechanics, agriculture, and even teaching and cosmetology. But, you basically would have had to know about these classes from the 1st year and be committed to one path to get all the prerequisites. I didn't even see those classes as selections until my 3rd year. I suppose I was pretty lucky as far as schooling goes. I do wish that general life skills were even more heavily pressed in school.
I'm happy that where I currently live, I don't worry about taxes at all. Yeah, literally a ticking bomb.