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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-01-14 11:01 am
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[identity profile] lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the flowchart and mostly rather agree with it beyond the fact that it's funny.

However, I think the main missing question in actually applying this is 'is my work/reputation good enough to be paid for'? This is normally where people fall down, particuarly in the current market. It's an unfortunate fact that sometimes you do need the portfolio/experience/connections.

I'm constantly debating in my head whether I am for or against government supported schemes to give internships/work experience to people who can't find work [in their sector], for companies who couldn't otherwise afford it.

Hmmm.

That was a mostly pointless comment. I'm a bit bored (working at a place where I am getting paid but for no discernible skill at all, itching to get home and do all my unpaid work...)

[identity profile] cairmen.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you see the "If you sit down a lot you'll DIE!" study that's been doing the rounds? I think it was in the NYT.

[identity profile] alitheapipkin.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That light exposure study is people under bright lights late at night ('during usual hours of sleep') so more applicable to people working nightshifts than those of us who live in parts of the world where it goes dark at 3.30pm at mid winter. It would be interesting to see if artifical light between the hours of say 4 and 9 pm when it is dark outside would have the same effect though, especially given Scotland's poor health record.

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The Sikh article supports my hypothesis that the best onion articles tend to be the ones closes to the truth (perhaps just because they're rarer)

[identity profile] robhu.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure the vote on grade for pregnant student article really is about feminism. Clearly the professor is showing poor judgement in getting his class to vote on the grade that she gets (although I must say we had something similar happen in one of my classes but it was for everyone), but is it because she's pregnant or because as stated she is unable to attend the appropriate tests? In other words, if she'd been in a car accident would he have sent the same email? If she'd been a he would he have sent the same email? If the answer is yes then it's not about feminism.
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