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 Ouze wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I got an idea, lets feth up an entire generation we raised, and blame them.

Can we also tell them their entire lives to go to college or they be working at McDonalds, then crater the economy, so that when they're neck-deep in student loans and can't find a job, ask why they're too good to work fast food?

And make all job applications purely online. If you go in to a place to ask in person, they'll refer you to their generic website. Then ensure that they can only send in a 1-page resume and fill out a generic questionnaire, so there's no way to distinguish yourself or particularly impress your would-be employer. Then, after the applicant has spend six months straight applying to jobs all day without so much as a reply, ask them why they're just sitting on their computer all day instead of trying to find a job.

Lets remind ourselves that these are high school kids, which I'd argue isn't "youth" inasmuch as we define it in the US.

I'd agree more that it's a gakky thing to do were it in K-6 sports. Maybe even at the middle school level. But I have a lot of trouble feeling bad for High School aged kids that suck at sports and get curb stomped in a game by a competitive, talented team. It happens.