A question was asked to all the 1st Graders.
What do u want to be in the future, some wrote good answers alot wrote I want to be NEET!
WTF is that? I thought they meant neat!! NOT NEET
So I go to look it up. OMFG these kids are on drugs!!! Or sick or something
"not in education, employment, or training".
In Japan, the classification comprises people aged between 15 and 34 who are unemployed, not engaged in housework, not enrolled in school or work-related training, and not seeking work. The "NEET group" is not a uniform set of individuals.
EET is distinct from freeter, the classification for those who continually move between low-wage jobs.
The demographic prevalence of NEETs has been indicated in employment
statistics. Japanese politicians expressed concern about the impact on
the economy of the growth in the NEET population. The estimated size
rose from 480,000 in September 2002 to 520,000 in September 2003,
according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Other surveys by the Japanese government in 2002 presented a much
larger figure of 850,000 people who can be classified as NEET, of which
60% were people aged 25 to 34.
Unlike most Western European countries, Japan's unemployment benefit
terminates automatically after three to six months. Many NEETs in Japan
are supported by their parents. This support can enable the form of
social withdrawal known as the hikikomori phenomenon, which some believe is a reaction to the oppressive Japanese work environment. Routine demands for overtime and personal sacrifice have led to death due from overwork (karōshi) in extreme cases.
This reaction against excessively demanding work can be seen in the rise of the Hodo-Hodo zoku:
Employees who avoid promotion to minimize stress and maximize free
time. NEETs, hikikomori, and freeters might be young people who cannot
or will not work to meet the expectations of older generations.
Japanese NEETs include many who have rejected the accepted social
model of adulthood. They do not seek full-time employment after
graduation, or further training to obtain marketable job skills through
the governmental Hello Work schemes. They might be reacting against the traditional career path of the salaryman.
Some experts attribute this to the extended economic stagnation during
the 1990s, which led to high unemployment among young people (2.13
million by some estimates). Many freeters, who were nominally employed,
became NEETs.[citation needed]
The system of lifetime employment has disintegrated in the face of economic pressures from globalization.
The availability of lifelong employment in a single company has become
increasingly untenable for both corporations and individuals.
Professor Michiko Miyamoto describes the situation as a "breakdown of
the social framework forged in an industrial society, by which young
people become adults
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