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It's about time... Canada's age of consent raised | by ag__wyvern | 2008-05-05 11:20:37 |
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maybe I don't understand the issue | by symbiont1b | 2008-05-05 14:38:12 |
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It's an arbitrary limit... | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 14:57:07 |
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by esbita |
2008-05-05 15:23:23 |
It's unfortunate how we've set up our education system where, at the age of majority, very few high school grads have a skill that enables them to find work at a living wage. Especially since much of the heavy industry in this country has gone away.
Without so much as a trade school certificate, most will be making $6-$8/hr to start. In my state, you can't even wait tables at a restaurant that serves alcohol till you're 21- so much for another unskilled job that can net a half decent wage.
Even at 18, we don't offer most of our newly-minted adults much in the way of affairs to handle on their own! Puberty to "official" adulthood is a fair stretch of time, but in most cases you aren't self-sufficient anymore till at least 20 or 22. That's a long time from when puberty hits, to when you can *responsibly* deal with the consequences of your hormones. |
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Yet another point in favor of my little propositio | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:36:26 |
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One thing on the "living wage"... | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 15:39:50 |
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Exactly | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:45:56 |
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Yes, however, this is the fault of our education | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:47:06 |
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Sadly, what we have asked of our education system | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:55:27 |
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Case in point.... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:57:55 |
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Therein lies sign of another problem entirely | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 16:00:08 |
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Yes, but a significant obstacle.... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 16:02:55 |
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Well yes. "Critical Thinking skills" are lauded.. | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 16:25:12 |
