Just in case you forgot the sort of capitalist hell hole we’re living in rn, here’s your friendly daily reminder. ☺
– Mod A
The thing is, of course, that these corporate fuckheads have attempted to cut costs by foisting training off on education, because they don’t have to pay for education. We have the same problem in the UK: corporations are complaining about a lack of skilled labour, but studies have shown that what’s actually happening is that they’re refusing to hire anyone who hasn’t already got experience in the role. Employers refuse to train people because they consider that the job of schools and universities; schools and universities don’t train people because it is literally impossible.
Of course, the buck gets shifted to young unemployed people – if they didn’t go to university, then it’s their fault that they’re not employable because they didn’t go to university; if they did go to university, then it’s their fault because they chose a bad programme, or didn’t do enough internships, or just aren’t trying hard enough to get a job. If a graduate gets a job delivering pizzas to tide them over, it’s their fault for wasting their skills and creating an effective employment gap. If they hold out for a career position, it’s their fault for being too picky.
The primary solution for corps is to employ immigrants from countries where job training is accessible. This feeds back into anti-immigrant sentiment and is now leading to governments attempting to exclude immigrants. Historically these efforts have included caveats to allow corporations to continue to hire “skilled” workers internationally, but these are now starting to be rolled back.
Here’s to corporations suffocating under the weight of their own selfishness.
Yup. The primary generational difference between “Millennials” and previous gens work-wise is that employers were willing to pay for training then, and they aren’t now. They’ve cut training programs to increase quarterly returns and now expect workers to have all the skills and knowledge they require at hiring, and complain about them when they don’t. In effect, they want an education system that teaches every child how to do every potential job so that they don’t have to pay for on-the-job training, which is ridiculous. Obviously not all are like this, HEB in Texas has a great employee education program for instance, but enough are that it’s a serious problem.
Tips for writing an essay with executive dysfunction: do this.
Write out bits and pieces of the essay. When you get to a part you can’t/”don’t want to” write, put it in bold brackets. Get as much done as you can and come back in a half an hour or so!
If the executive function is still bothering you, take it one bracket at a time. Don’t delete the bracket until you’re done “filling it in,” so to speak. If you need to take more breaks or hop to the next bracket, you can do that too! Similarly, if you have a thought you want to get down but you aren’t sure how to word it, put it in bold brackets as well!
It may not “cure” the executive dysfunction or procrastination problems, but it makes writing the essay more like putting shapes in holes of the same shape. It can be a pain, but the process is a bit more streamlined and user-friendly.
I know this may not work for everyone, but as someone who has really bad executive dysfunction and problems focusing (thank you, ADHD!) this works REALLY well for me! I hope by sharing it it can help other people (with and without executive dysfunction/adhd) too! o/
I read Hamlet back in high school and to this day my absolute favorite thing about it was when Guildenstern was trying to fool Hamlet into doing something or other and Hamlet’s savvy to it but rather than saying “you’re lying and trying to trick me” instead Hamlet outta nowhere whips out this flute and tells Guildenstern to play it.
And Guildenstern is all “I dont know how to play a flute, my lord”
And Hamlet takes a dramatic pause before he absolutely ruins Guildenstern with, “Well thats funny considering you thought you could play me”
this post sounds like im exaggerating but im not it’s straight up canon
just moving along like everyone else 