I think this is ridiculous. I’m a boomer and I was laid off at 51. Most of the people in my “class” had grey hair. And these people were the cream of their workforce, not clock watchers. There were no “young people.” When companies lay-off, they pick the old ones because they cost more...higher salaries, high healthcare costs. And yeah, some companies don’t want to pay them the pension they promised, so they let them go before they reach eligibility age. We all have to face competition for jobs, and the competition is fierce right now. Nobody is stealing anything.
As a Texas teacher, I can tell you that it’s true. They make life difficult for the older, more experienced teachers (who can run a classroom and handle discipline most effectively [usually]). That leaves them with the young teachers of 0-3 years experience who can’t dress professionally, get to work on time (or even at all), make it to duty, complete professional tasks, etc. And they can’t handle student discipline so that the students take over the classroom. The students don’t learn and the young teacher winds up in tears.
Then, to top it all off, administrators cry because they have no experienced teachers to mentor new teachers.
Education is a joke that I lay at the feet of the people who do not work directly in the classroom— and that goes all the way to the state capital and D.C.