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What questions do teens (14-18yo) have about choosing a career path, or navigating school and education options? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by borokov@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi,

I'm an engineer in its late 30s and I sometime go to high-school talking about my job, my scholar background, etc... I remember being very stressed about my future at that time, so I try to tell them what I wish someone had told me 20 years ago.

If any teens are reading this (or people in contact with teens), what topics or advice would you want to hear from some random dude like me ?

Thanks for your help

ps: I know most of lemmy users are middle age, but there is no way I create account on shitktok, Insta or stuff.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are you joking or not? If you're not joking, I think you may be projecting your own stupidity at that age onto everyone else. Teenagers are perfectly capable of signing up for an account on a social media website... In fact, they're kind of notorious for doing so.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Try explaining a teenager what federation is and which server they should select. Find out how long they last

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i don't think there are many teenagers who wouldn't be able to understand "people on these websites can all talk to each other unless the individual site admins decide they don't want to"
plus there are a lot of nerdy teenagers who would understand the un-simplified version perfectly fine

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

You can explain it to them. The question is about learning it voluntarily.

Also it's way more than talking to eachother. Each instance is basically mirroring all other federated instances and syncing with the other instances all the time.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I understood what federation was just fine when I was a teenager. Again, projecting your own stupidity. Teenagers are perfectly capable of using email.