The generation that chases no rainbows
"YOUNG people are materialistic, optimistic and 'untroubled by ideas'. They aim for a car, job, house, and kids. They confuse globalisation with global warming, and show little interest in matters outside their own material welfare. Even the university students are neither 'intellectuals nor contemplative'.
"But the results of fascinating research on the generation aged 15 to 24 show Australia's young understand the future of work is mobility, adaptability and change. They think a job for life is a form of imprisonment. They believe that in the best country in the world, they will make their modest dreams come true.
"John Howard's children appear to have absorbed the Prime Minister's conservative values, the report shows, even though they say they do not much like him. They believe Aborigines get too many favours, and people from the Middle East should be like 'us'."
Sydney Morning Herald
Tagged: australia
"But the results of fascinating research on the generation aged 15 to 24 show Australia's young understand the future of work is mobility, adaptability and change. They think a job for life is a form of imprisonment. They believe that in the best country in the world, they will make their modest dreams come true.
"John Howard's children appear to have absorbed the Prime Minister's conservative values, the report shows, even though they say they do not much like him. They believe Aborigines get too many favours, and people from the Middle East should be like 'us'."
Sydney Morning Herald
Tagged: australia
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