A new study of 1,545 teens surveyed by researchers found that many of them are working hard to dive into adult habits such as “completely burning yourself out” and “obsessing about your future at an unhealthy level.” Of those surveyed, 56 percent said they felt pressure to have a game plan for their future lives and 53 percent said they felt pressure to be impressive through their achievements. Overall, 27 percent of teens said they were actively struggling with burnout. It makes one wonder what on earth is wrong with our schools; it’s obscene that we’re leaving the other 73 percent of teens completely unprepared for adulthood by not showing them the grim, repetitive, and unfulfilling future that all too quickly will become their reality. Before you know it, American kids are gonna be falling behind the rest of a world that’s driving their kids to burn out well above our own numbers. Can you imagine the blow to our national prestige if god forbid we had higher numbers of well-adjusted teens not obsessed with status or money? What are we, Europe?
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