Teenagers too young to go straight into work?

 What do you think? 

"The British Chambers of Commerce survey of 3,000 firms found nine out of 10 thought school leavers were not ready for employment, and more than half said it was the same with graduates."

Do you agree?  

Do you think that teenagers are too young to go straight into industries such as media, engineering, manufacturing etc as they haven't been taught the basic work ethic skills at school? 

School's do not help teenagers fully understand or know how to work outside in the real world. There aren't many careers advisers or days that you can find out what it would be like to work in the 'real' world as they aren't on offer.  

"The Department for Education said it was looking at more ways to help schools and businesses co-operate.The chambers called for universal work experience in all secondary schools." 

 In order for teenagers to be able to work in the real world and have the mind set to complete tasks like there fellow colleagues, they need to be shown and taught how to during their schooling. Such as work experience days or in-house seminars that will give them some idea of what's to come and not them going in blind to the world outside of school.  

A lot of working class teenagers state that school is 'a waste of time' as they aren't getting what they deam as the 'right' skills to work in manual labour. They feel that they would benefit better by having a more 'hands on' approach rather than sitting in a class room learning about topics that have no benefit to them, such as Shakespeares plays.  ‘Most of my friends think school and education is rubbish and a boring waste of time.  If they don’t have to do it, they won’t.'

A pupil aged 17 believes there should be ‘more info in schools about apprenticeships. There should be more support and information in school.’  

Hopefully the Department for Education will take action on this and help more teenagers in the future. 

My friend is going to be a student paramedic come December and she is going to be learning on the job whilst being paid.  She is going to have real hands on experience with patients and learn what it's like to be a paramedic.  I think that there needs to be more opportunities for young people to be able to do things like this, yes there are apprenticeships but they are difficult to get into, as I am personally finding out and not enough on offer as they are only just starting to become available again. 

The Department of Work and Pensions showed 1.09 million 16-25 year olds are not in work, training or employment, meaning the majority of those 1.09 million people may be claiming benefits. However, if they were taught the right skills and given the opportunities I feel that this would not be the case. A lot of these 16-25 year olds are willing to work, they just aren't given the opportunity or skills to do so. 

What are your opinions on this matter?