I too lie awake at nights wondering if the next generation is sufficiently work-ready. I see happy, young, smiling faces and wonder how on earth an employer is going to make a buck off them. It's a crying shame that we have so many independent minds, and so few crushed spirits. It is indeed cruel and senseless to have young people labour under the delusion that their lives are intrinsically valuable. Until they know their place as the skilled means to other people's ends, they will remain worthless.