RpgGamer Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Actually sounds pretty awesome Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffinMaddy Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Sounds like the setting for a horror movieI've affectionately called it a Canadian horror story. I was creeped out on the first night because I don't have much experience with cats and all the spiritual stuff around the house was pretty odd to me. I also got the impression she was trying to suss me out because let's face it - it's a little weird that a girl would come out in the country all alone for a week with no actual plans. But it's turned into a really nice friendship where I've just chatted to a nice lady and given her company. Watch this space though, the bathroom door unlocked by itself two days ago! Click this link for my blog that summarises my achievements on Runescape over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Started on my second week at work and I've still done nothing but package testing with no end in sight. Super monotonous. But I get $15 an hour to do it so [bleep] it. Glad I got a degree so I could inflate plastic bags and cut them apart with scissors. Really putting that $50k piece of paper to good use. [bleep] the law, they can eat my dick that's word to Pimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Glad I got a degree so I could inflate plastic bags and cut them apart with scissors. Really putting that $50k piece of paper to good use. someone's gotta do it "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I really hope the job market crashes again in 60 years because there's 0 chance our generation is going to force our kids into college Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I really hope the job market crashes again in 60 years because there's 0 chance our generation is going to force our kids into college The job market will almost certainly "crash" many times in the next sixty years. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Sure hope so. I need to get me some properties Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez899 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If I have kids I will probably offer to pay for their tuition if they go to a state school and get an engineering degree and I will definitely encourage them getting a degree if it fits that criteria. What you've gotta understand about most of our generation is that most of us are first gen college students, with parents who didn't go to college and were told the meme that all your kids need to do everything you couldn't careerwise is get a degree. So you get millions of kids getting a relatively easy and exciting degree on topics that interest them like psychology or sociology instead of getting a skill based degree. I guess my general advice to any kids I have is go in the direction most people are either unable or unwilling to go and you will do well financially.Yeah, I think this trend is starting to change but the issue isn't so much the degrees as it is the fields in which they were earned. Regardless skilled trades are a good idea right now as according to something I read we are going to be short of a lot of them in Canada in a few years due to the baby boomer and subsequent dropping out of workforce and losing that experience. http://forum.tip.it/topic/325514-bonez899s-journey-to-an-eventual-max/ My blog of progress on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 my face when CS and engineering degrees start to devalue rapidly as expanding global access to technology allows for their inevitable outsourcing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Levelled Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Male elementary teachers are incredibly marketable so I'm lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I wish I liked teaching more. As a white male I'd get that job in a heartbeat, but thinking about speaking for 5-6 hours a day in front of mini people 5 days awake makes me anxious Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I could never be a teacher. I struggled telling trainees at Macca's what to do, when that responsibility fell on me. I have no idea how I'm gonna handle having an apprentice of my own when/if that happens. #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Once in jr.high I had to give a presentation to 4th graders about cigarettes. It was an all day thing since we had to hit multiple classes and it wasn't as bad as I thought. They were all attentive, not disruptive, and generally pretty chill. Obviously doing it 5 days a week for ~40 weeks is going to be a lot harder but it's still pretty doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If the subject matter for K-12 wasn't so cut and dry I don't think teaching would be so bad. Like if I could run some sort of alternative-creative program at a school, that'd be dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Interview in 2 hours at my local chemical lab. Weeee 1 Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Our company once tried having a tech support division in India. It lasted 3 months. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I think teaching is something you should really only go into if you're really interested in doing it. Because yeah, it's going to be pretty awful if you dislike teaching and you have to get up there and perform every day. If the subject matter for K-12 wasn't so cut and dry I don't think teaching would be so bad. Like if I could run some sort of alternative-creative program at a school, that'd be dope. Do they stop you from choosing your own book and drafting your own curriculum? I mean I guess you have to prepare them for the multiple-choice ETS shill at the end of the year, but I don't see why it has to be so boring. "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here in america, public education has shifted so far toward common core your lesson plans are practically written for you by the time you're hired Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Levelled Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here in america, public education has shifted so far toward common core your lesson plans are practically written for you by the time you're hiredNot true for some states homie (although I wish it was federal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here in america, public education has shifted so far toward common core your lesson plans are practically written for you by the time you're hired It's not just in the States - from what I've heard the UK is even worse. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 FFS, my mouse wheel doesn't work properly. And I can't afford a new mouse. And I will be bankrupt pretty much the whole next month since I won't get properly paid for I have been on sick leave pretty much over a month now. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez899 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here in america, public education has shifted so far toward common core your lesson plans are practically written for you by the time you're hiredIt's not just in the States - from what I've heard the UK is even worse.Wow. Most already written thing I've had in school, that I know about, is Math last semester when the teacher was basically just reaching what the book said. Even then he took a couple of days and did different stuff when he felt it would help more. Can't imagine every year just being a push to the next standardized test. http://forum.tip.it/topic/325514-bonez899s-journey-to-an-eventual-max/ My blog of progress on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceus Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here in america, public education has shifted so far toward common core your lesson plans are practically written for you by the time you're hiredIt's not just in the States - from what I've heard the UK is even worse.Wow. Most already written thing I've had in school, that I know about, is Math last semester when the teacher was basically just reaching what the book said. Even then he took a couple of days and did different stuff when he felt it would help more. Can't imagine every year just being a push to the next standardized test. Yeah I think the end of stratification, the emphasis on standardized testing, and No Child Left Behind have done such a job on the primary/secondary education system that, aside from the occasional teacher making a larger-than-life effort, prospects look pretty dim. "Fight for what you believe in, and believe in what you're fighting for." Can games be art? --- My blog here if you want to check out my Times articles and other writings! I always appreciate comments/feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 It's really that there isn't enough public funding available to offering anything more then what's required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez899 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Yeah, but how much funding goes into the massive number of standardized tests and paying to keep that curriculum up? Up in Canada, at least in my province, we had (not sure if we still do) an English test every 3 grades to assess literacy starting in Grade 3 and schools undergo accreditation every few years. Otherwise the only tests/exams that go beyond a single school board are if the province implements a new curriculum province wide such as they recently did with math and they want to gauge the effectiveness. Otherwise of the 12 exams I've written to date I think 4 of them have gone beyond the teacher who taught the course. Maybe this all sounds like how the US does it and I'm arguing a mute point but I really don't see how a barrage of standardized testing with massive pressure put on results helps the education system do anything but become a meat grinder for kids. Let alone how you can say lack of funding is why the system exists when standardized tests are expensive from getting them made up, to sending them out across the state/board, to the extra money spent on having them marked in a secure and non biased way. Sorry if this is rant-y and hopefully this stayed relatively on topic. http://forum.tip.it/topic/325514-bonez899s-journey-to-an-eventual-max/ My blog of progress on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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