tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8132134283424180523..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Here's To You, Table 1. From Dr. Amelia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77220442178438083812014-11-26T13:51:08.283-05:002014-11-26T13:51:08.283-05:00I don't mind Tables 2-5 effectively winning th...I don't mind Tables 2-5 effectively winning the lottery, but the idea of Table 1 doing 'everything right' and then not being compensated enough to be at least somewhat comfortable naturally rankles. So I am consoled by two things:<br /><br />1) the hope that Table 1 will indeed land where they achieve life satisfaction if not high earnings;<br /><br />2) the "drop-out hits the Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1981802823639254092014-11-26T13:22:50.370-05:002014-11-26T13:22:50.370-05:00From the article cited by QWV: "Universities ...From the article cited by QWV: "Universities now have to submit a transition plan with details of how they will reduce their reliance on temporary workers..." <br /><br />When I first read that, I became momentarily optimistic, but then I clued in that 'temporary workers' (minus the 'foreign') refers to immigration status, not the type of contract with the uni (cf. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18923806764441088972014-11-26T13:05:26.023-05:002014-11-26T13:05:26.023-05:00Sawyer, had you written that last night, you'd...Sawyer, had you written that last night, you'd have owed me a refill and a tissue.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51017905402080064372014-11-26T12:35:51.781-05:002014-11-26T12:35:51.781-05:00CC:
The Temporary Foreign Worker program has been...CC:<br /><br />The Temporary Foreign Worker program has been controversial here in Canada, much like the American H-1B. What I wrote earlier is no exaggeration and its effects are not limited to people with university degrees. There are frequent stories of qualified tradesmen who can't find jobs because positions they are qualified for are filled by TFWs.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73929853789444374312014-11-26T12:29:16.062-05:002014-11-26T12:29:16.062-05:00OGP & CC: For further consideration, cork may ...OGP & CC: For further consideration, cork may be oenomatopoeic as well.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90204719754076684382014-11-26T10:42:47.958-05:002014-11-26T10:42:47.958-05:00I'd like to think that Table 1's intellect...I'd like to think that Table 1's intellectual curiosity will serve them well wherever they land in life (at least in promoting life satisfaction if not high earnings), but I also have to admit that, if the current extreme income stratification in the U.S. persists, that will be much harder to achieve (yet another argument for a situation where the great majority of people make enough, andContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42455919432442091472014-11-26T10:34:53.730-05:002014-11-26T10:34:53.730-05:00OGP: I hadn't thought of it, but yes; you'...OGP: I hadn't thought of it, but yes; you're right; cork is, indeed, onomatopoeic. Cool. <br /><br />QWV: I don't understand all the ins and outs of Canadian immigration patterns, but that does, indeed, sound like bad news. <br />Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18982674648579994802014-11-25T23:36:58.011-05:002014-11-25T23:36:58.011-05:00Here's something that'll ruin one's da...Here's something that'll ruin one's day:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/universities-say-foreign-worker-crackdown-makes-recruitment-difficult/article21549355/<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40627035660334984942014-11-25T23:14:44.519-05:002014-11-25T23:14:44.519-05:00Also, cork: not only functional, but also onomatop...Also, cork: not only functional, but also onomatopoeic. Discuss.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65167781801715058262014-11-25T23:13:27.452-05:002014-11-25T23:13:27.452-05:00No, he's not anywhere near entirely wrong. I w...No, he's not anywhere near entirely wrong. I want to say he is, but this world cannot rule out his proposal. Too many counterexamples.<br /><br />This just in: life is unfair. More news at eleven. (I cribbed that from somewhere; I just can't remember where. If only I were conected to some searchable database I could look it up it. {up in which I could look it?})Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69667319361868933452014-11-25T22:18:28.526-05:002014-11-25T22:18:28.526-05:00I was having a great day till I read QWV's com...I was having a great day till I read QWV's comment.<br />The sad thing is, he may not be entirely wrong.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21097987198984636182014-11-25T21:45:20.706-05:002014-11-25T21:45:20.706-05:00Damn, now you've just made me want to hit the ...Damn, now you've just made me want to hit the bottle. Well, you, and all the other shit that went down today.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40248485586971574182014-11-25T13:47:52.252-05:002014-11-25T13:47:52.252-05:00It's a nice story, but the reality, however is...It's a nice story, but the reality, however is different.<br /><br />Table 1 may go on to get their degrees, but there won't be any worthwhile jobs for them.<br /><br />Tables 2 - 4 will drop out and invent some sort of piffle that teenagers insist they need in order to remain "cool". Those who were sitting at those tables becomine gazillionaires overnight after forming Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com