Trust me. From experience you could change that to "Scottish 12-18 year olds, who've been told by lots of folk they can live on the dole/selling drugs/other vaguely legal/downright illegal as suits, and therefore don't bother much with an education"
I'll admit not all of them are like that, but too many of both sexes seem to think the world owes them a living, and too many of their "heroes" promote thickness as a blessing! FFS the number of times doing post-prelim interviews I've asked "what are your plans next year/after leaving school" and told "I'll be famous...."
The X-Factor PopIdol generation!