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This cup of joe is for you jobless art-history majors
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| 06/11/03
| Craig Wilson
Posted on 06/11/2003 11:23:53 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
it doesn't matter, college is for education, not job training, unless you are in a tech degree program.
To: Leisler
The containers are hauled to the customers warehouse for unloading. They are not unloaded at the port.
Perhaps the single most numerous small business enterprise is container drayer. Individuals buy a tractor and then hire themselves out as independant contractors to container drayage companies. They haul the shipping containers back and forth from the port to virtually every point in the USA.
Sometimes they own more than one or two tractors and hire someone to drive the second. It is the most basic of businesses, one person, one piece of equipment very tightly focused on a market clamoring for folks to do the work.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:52:41 AM PDT
by
bert
(Don't Panic!)
To: Drew68
Sorry for the double.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:52:42 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
To: conservativeinbflo.
can't answer for others, but I originally studied art history as a stepping stone for historic preservation. I have always loved, and have been involved with, saving historically significant landmarks. See, that's cool, but nowadays, a landmark to one is a symbol of oppression to all the people of a different color than the one who erected the landmark.
Piano rolls? Are those like Swiss Cake Rolls? I like Swiss Cake Rolls....
To: Tijeras_Slim
i thought philosophy would be good as pre-law
To: chookter
No thanks, I got a cushy govt contractor job. You could use the check to buy a new chainsaw though, or hire a college grad to help.
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:54:33 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
To: chookter
Swiss Cake Rolls?? HA HA!! (Although I'm privy to the Hostess "Ho-Ho").
Piano rolls-- you know, player pianos! Pianos that play by themselves (made popular in western saloons). Believe it or not, they're still manufactured today!
To: Weaselle
"And, until they do, a good long stint at a minimum wage gig or two is probably a better real education than four years of college.""If you want a degree go to college, if you want an education go to the library!" Paul H. Gettles
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:57:40 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: steve8714
it doesn't matter, college is for education, not job training That's right!
That French Lit degree will help a great deal as you attend bartenders school to get a real job--like pronouncing 'Pernod' and 'Vermouth' and 'Sec'. You'll be a real asset...
Face it, since the patron system of arts died out, the only thing college is is a glorified trade school wrapped in past traditions that no longer exist.
Now, get me my martini!
To: Drew68
I majored in Political Science, and here I am!
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posted on
06/11/2003 11:58:54 AM PDT
by
Kenton
To: conservativeinbflo.
Whoa... That's actually kinda cool. I could see that being fun.
Then again, there are those odd cool jobs out there that one just 'happens on'....
To: TheRightGuy
someone should have warned me that several pre-requesite courses in German should be required in order to to understand her bi-lingual (often in the same sentence) lecture presentations. That sounds like my argument for making all engineering students take Hindi and Chinese so they can understand their professors and TAs.
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posted on
06/11/2003 12:00:25 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Paranoia is when you realize that tin foil hats just focus the mind control beams.)
To: Drew68
bump
To: steve8714
college is for education, not job training The B.A or A.B. is not a job ticket. There are few jobs specifically for 4-year graduates, except possibly engineering jobs. If formal education is continued, it is usually followed by some kind of post-grad education, which is where the professional 'jobs' begin. Business management, lawyer, some medical positions, economists, those kinds of things begin to open at the masters level.
To write your own ticket in the world you might want the Ph.D. or other doctoral level degree. You have that, you are professional, end of story--it's up to you and only you after the doctorate: you have the key to the world in your hand. If you have some public speaking talent you might even run for high public office.
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posted on
06/11/2003 12:03:01 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
To: chookter
You got that right! I had connections. Otherwise, I'd most likely still be working as a cashier at Jo Ann Fabrics, dealing with the nasty customers.
You have NO idea how rotten those craft ladies can be!! Especially the old ones! Sure, they may look like sweet little grannies who like to quilt, but if you don't have the material they're looking for-- watch out!
To: conservativeinbflo.
It was political mumbo-jumbo, butt-kissing, and dealing with morons Hey! You got my last job.
To: jalisco555
Now there's a job that makes you want to leap out of bed in the morning! Only if you suddenly realize why her name seemed so familiar to you the night before!
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posted on
06/11/2003 12:03:36 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
To: KarlInOhio
making all engineering students take Hindi and Chinese We got so P*ssed off at our chemistry TA, Hong Ma, that we rioted in the classroom screaming at him: "What the F$%# are you saying!?" "What the F$#% are you saying?".
We caused so much trouble that he ran out of the room and got the prof. The prof ended up appologizing and getting us a new TA. It was pretty ugly.
To: chookter
Hey Chook, now there is an project that will serve some useful function. There is a great feeling in looking out your window, and seeing 10 cords of perfectly stacked fire wood. Come on snow and wind. Give us your best shot..
To: BooBoo1000
Yep, and it would give a whiney Lib Arts major a temp job and some job training....
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