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Thirteen Other Reasons Why Schools Are Creating a Lost Generation

• https://fee.org, Peter Diekmeyer

"Hey, it's Hannah Baker," says the show's protagonist, played by a stunning Katherine Langford in the opening episode. "Get settled in. Because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended."

The Thirteen Reasons' portrait of how a stifling, bureaucratic system progressively cuts this teenage girl to pieces, eventually driving her to death, provides a dramatized, insightful reflection on (another) emerging lost generation.

The statistics are grim: a third of 18- to 34-year-olds in the U.S. live at home according to the US Census Bureau. Homeserve USA finds that nearly one in three Americans can't come up with $500 to fund an emergency. As if that were not enough, according to the US Congressional Budget Office, governments have saddled today's young with more than $100 trillion worth of pension and healthcare debts.

The harder truth depicted in Thirteen Reasons Why is that today's high school graduates emerge with few skills, little education and a sanitized view of the world. In short, they are totally unprepared to take on the challenges they face.


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