Yeah I'm not a fan of school at all. If I think back I bet every teacher I had a good rapport with is 5 or 10 years into retirement by now. School is a toxic environment and it's not just the students causing it. I scraped my way through a bachelor's degree but I didn't like a second of it. I don't think everyone should do that. If anything a lot fewer should go to university. I'd never suggest anyone go to a university that anyone has heard of. No one has ever asked me about why I went to generic city university since about the first year I was employed. They checked off a box that I have the legit degree and that's it. Maybe the name matters in a few fields, but I'm still skeptical.

The zoomers worry me. I'm really close with my cousin's kid in that barely teenager age. He feels like an outlier to me, not tethered to a phone, has parents, is homeschooled and still seems like "what is this kid turning in to" at times. I'm hoping his aimlessness is just early teen stupidity. He's smart as shit but I just can't ever get him to do anything that is actually productive. A victim of growing up too spoiled I guess.