ABSTRACT:
The article analyzes what youngsters say about future. The main objective is to reflect on the possibilities of articulating time, youth and schooling, with empirical material produced in a public school from Porto Alegre/RS. The research methodology was the narrative interview, analyzed from the cultural studies approach. The interviewed youngsters attended the eighth grade, being the last offered by the school, and faced the need to think of what to do “next year”.As results, the school keeps showing itself as an important place to build a successful future. Schooling as an imperative is determined, then, in the certification, in status, and in the accesses that supposedly enables.
Keywords:
Youth; Time; Schooling; Cultural studies.