Career education for the masses...
There only seem to be two types of commercials on tv nowadays. Ones where i can gamble all my money away playing online poker, and ones where i can get an "education" in order to get a mundane job so that i can pay for my newfound gambling habit.
This post will focus on the second part of that statement. There are alot of commercials (in l.a. at least) for community and junior colleges. I'm glad that they're promoting education (and not simply trying to get anybody in their door in the pursuit of profits, a good name for a rap group), but it seems like some of the "job skills" being offered aren't exactly what i would call... "necessary to get that job."
The following is an actual excerpt from a commercial i recently saw: "we can teach you to become a victim's advocate, a police officer, and a crime scene investigator." Now, i'm no expert, but i would imagine that chances are, if one wanted to become a police officer, the police department would, oh i don't know, train you? How many people go through 12 weeks of police academy thinking, "man, i wish i had had some more training before i got here... perhaps in a community college setting for $40 a credit."
I'm probably not the one to talk, seeing as how i don't have a job of any kind (unless you consider this blog a job, but i get nothing out of it but tired fingers and semi-acknowledgement from my friend), but it seems like community colleges are teaching people to live with mediocrity. I guess in a way it's good, because for the most part, no one actually reaches their dreams, and spend the rest of their lives feeling sorry for themselves and having wasted their lives on useless hopes and endeavors. This way at least, people will see mediocrity as a goal, and be content when they get the job as a medical transcriptionist or as a "facilities manager" which i used to be in high school (read: janitor).
That being said, perhaps i should follow my own advice, i mean, my dreams, and go back to school to learn how to become a "hotel room cleanliness specialist."
Mitch Hedberg's QotD:
This post will focus on the second part of that statement. There are alot of commercials (in l.a. at least) for community and junior colleges. I'm glad that they're promoting education (and not simply trying to get anybody in their door in the pursuit of profits, a good name for a rap group), but it seems like some of the "job skills" being offered aren't exactly what i would call... "necessary to get that job."
The following is an actual excerpt from a commercial i recently saw: "we can teach you to become a victim's advocate, a police officer, and a crime scene investigator." Now, i'm no expert, but i would imagine that chances are, if one wanted to become a police officer, the police department would, oh i don't know, train you? How many people go through 12 weeks of police academy thinking, "man, i wish i had had some more training before i got here... perhaps in a community college setting for $40 a credit."
I'm probably not the one to talk, seeing as how i don't have a job of any kind (unless you consider this blog a job, but i get nothing out of it but tired fingers and semi-acknowledgement from my friend), but it seems like community colleges are teaching people to live with mediocrity. I guess in a way it's good, because for the most part, no one actually reaches their dreams, and spend the rest of their lives feeling sorry for themselves and having wasted their lives on useless hopes and endeavors. This way at least, people will see mediocrity as a goal, and be content when they get the job as a medical transcriptionist or as a "facilities manager" which i used to be in high school (read: janitor).
That being said, perhaps i should follow my own advice, i mean, my dreams, and go back to school to learn how to become a "hotel room cleanliness specialist."
Mitch Hedberg's QotD:
I think Pringle's initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived instead. But Pringle's is a laid back company. They said "fuck it, cut em up."
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Friday, September 02, 2005
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