Posted on 12/08/2022 7:52:46 AM PST by george76
What our siblings, spouses, GK’s, and nieces/nephews with supposedly good degrees, find amazing, is how, basically no one ever has asked to see a copy of our Degrees in the hiring process, from 1960 to date. A nephew and a niece have masters from the London School of Economics, and they were asked to show a copy by some future employers.
We have several RNs in our families, and the old timers aced their initial state board exams and never had to be retested. They never showed a copy of their RN degrees. They did get their licensed CE courses forever.
Our newest family RN took the current national RN tests after her graduation and passed. She has worked for 3 years in a top East Coast Hospital where she work as an aide before her graduation. That hospital never asked for a copy of her RN degree. In fact they sent her a graduation letter and a gift when she was graduated.
A new RN has adopted my wife and I. She started working in an ER this week as an RN. She is also an EMT. Her hospital did want copies of the EMT certificates.
White males have to study and get good grades. They get no breaks post graduation at hiring time when HR is looking to see how not to hire the dreaded CIS male..
I graduated in Pharmacy circa 1985. If you could not cut it, you were gone. That is the way it is supposed to work.
Said no engineering student ever.
This is the result of the mindset of equality over excellence and everybody gets a trophy.
Most minorities have an IQ less than 100 an IQ which I consider to be the minimum required to obtain a liberal arts degree. So the “fair” solution is to dumb it down.
Baird men no doubt.
“The world needs ditch diggers too.”
The students are not prepared for college: both information & skill and realization that learning requires hard and extensive work.
The poor little snowflakes should try grad school. Try being given a 1200 page textbook and several volumes of lab materials and being told there will be a test in 12 weeks. You are responsible for all of it whether included in lectures or not. Oh and that applies to all 4 classes you are taking this quarter
Yes it’s too difficult… It gets in the way of partying and playing video games…../s
There once was a time when many careers didn’t require a college degree. Journalism and school teacher were two. The latter simply required passing a state board. Then there are the obvious trades in which knowledge is acquired through apprenticeships and vocational schools.
I had a similar experience. I did not finish my undergrad degree. I went back in my mid-30s and found if you just did what you were supposed to do, go to class, take notes, do the reading and homework, study for the exams, it was almost impossible not to get an A. I'm now working on my second Masters degree.
Those 18-21 smart-ass males aren’t actually going to college these days. In the NY Metro area the only three colleges with majority male student bodies are Merchant Marine, SUNY Maritime, and West Point. My own Alma mater Fordham is 61% female.
Well said
I took calculus in high school back in the early 70s.
It was poorly taught, but it was there.
There was Calc in high school in the 70’s. My high school had calculus, biology, physics and chemistry at a college level back in the 70’s. Now it is an advanced placement course offered in high schools. There are tons of AP courses now. I am not sure of their rigor thought.
Taking government handouts and drugs is so much easier.
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