Young people leaving school do not instinctively want to work. In fact many people don't instinctively want to work.
The motivation to do work is primarily to provide income to support a lifestyle. The other motivation for those who have learned a skill or craft is the satisfaction of a job well done.
Young people who do not do well at school often lack the self discipline required to see a task through. It is possible that they just don't take to academic work, there is no particular reason why they should.
No-one is entitled to be kept by society free of charge, unless due to impediment they are unable to contibute in any way. To have food and shelter and money for pursuits must require that these are earned.
I believe that everyone leaving school should be routed into something to inprove their ability to find work and to provide for themselves.
I don't believe in Degrees for a large proportion of young people, they are a massive waste of resources and leave the people with huge loans at the very start of their lives. Entrance to university should be made very much harder. For those who do wish to pursue an academic career there should be no fees!! They or their families should have to pay for food and lodgings though.
For those who are wild and lack discipline, a form of national service, with pay.
For those who are unskilled and unisterested in learning a trade or national service, join a community service where they do menial tasks in society, clearing banks of roads, cleaning streets, mending fences etc., etc, with a basic wage a bit better than present dole money.
For those who wish to learn skills, an apprenticeship, with pay, and with the opportunity to study at college paid for by the apprentice master and ultimately the government.
The people will benefit, the country will have no shortage of skilled workers, and unemployed yobs will be removed from the streets, and our neighbourhoods will be well maintained.
Toenail
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These things would require a lot of big changes.
One thing i would like to add, is that a lot of children get expelled or suspended from school. These children mostly find it hard to work or get back into school, some are of envy to other children. I think that some form of boot camp should be set up for these children so that they are kept of the streets. If they pass boot camp, they can return to school. In a lot of cases, these children get sent to a form of hostal and are taken out Quad biking etc, like they are on some sort of adventure holiday.
Yes it would require a lot of changes, but whereas at the moment there is little incentive to work, with this scheme the dole will cease to exist. Money paid to people will always result in training and ultimately production.
The boot camp can be the same one referred to as 'a form of national service'. Hard instructors which teach discipline the hard way. No political correctness, hard slogs, marching, doing tough things as a group, learning to be part of a team. Punishments for non compliance, food deprevation, sleep deprivation, get dirty, get cold, get wet, work in the kitchens pealing potatoes, etc.
After a basic training period, those of school age return to school to see if they can then integrate. Those beyond school age, the introduction of basic survival skills.
Make them fit for army training, or as security guards, or outward bound intructors. Maybe even other allied skills, vehicle maintenance, learning to cook, basic woodwork and carpentry.
When they leave at least they will be useful for something.
Toenail
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