To all who say that you have inherent worth, note that it is merely a subjective concept that means nothing in terms of how others measure you - it also means u are no better inherently than the 8 billion + people on Earth - so that's why people claiming worth is meaningless!!!
Again, this is not the problem! The problem is not a lack of self-worth! KNOWING they have self-worth yet have to do meaningless tasks may spark cognitive dissociation - even though, in fact, they are not contradictory at all; one piece of advice ignores the total pragmatic rule of the other. The problem is the lengths that students/workers have to go to sacrifice things that they intrinsically like for tasks they are forced to do!