Touche |
Agree. We need serious visa reform, to bring in the workers that we actually need, while not undercutting salaries and shutting out qualified American workers, particularly in tech. |
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Qualified American workers. Lol
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We need 3-6 month hiring probationary periods, like in europe white collar and blue collar jobs.
Cut the incompetent ones early on. |
Now take a step back and consider that the ones who didn't go to college are even worse off, because they lacked the focus and will to even do enough to be able to get into college in the first place. Stop attacking college, that's not where the problem lies. |
Go back to Russia, troll. |
Most of the hippie's "get the man off our backs" became Reagan Republicans "get the government off our backs" and your weak understanding of higher education yields a woefully false conclusion. |
Don’t helicopter your kids with authority, but also hover over them and dictate what they do with their free time ?? |
People over 80 are from the Silent Generation. They are not Boomers. I guess math is too hard for you. |
Yes, push them into gubmint where they belong and can do the most damage.
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I work in the trades and I see this with our gen z’ers. They show up late, don’t want to work hard, spend too much time on their phones, etc., but that’s not the worst part.
The worst part is that they can’t even do simple math and reading. WHY would you work here if you can’t even do arithmetic!!? |
I teach HS math and I agree with you about the arithmetic and reading skills, although I did teach arithmetic and fractions to a middle-aged man who had been laid off a few years ago and wanted to get into the trades, so it's not just Gen-z. We've been told that close to a third of our incoming 9th graders are 2 years or more below grade level in reading. Most of them have no number sense, can't do basic arithmetic, and think it's their god-given right to use calculators. Most of them outright ignore their homework assignments. A good portion of those who turn it in use technology to do it for them. Part of this I think is due to widespread technology use and lack of parenting. A good part of it is due to laws the public voted for to "make schools accountable" for teaching, passing and graduating students in a given amount of time. We are forced to give students a minimum grade of 50% just for scribbling something on their exam or assignment. We are forced to have them use online graphing calculators like Desmos that do most of the math for them (those are also built into standardized tests). Quarterly grades can't be below 50% so a kid with a zero still ends up with 50%. We are forced to accept late work. We have to give retakes. Everyone is told to take 4 years of math in high school to impress colleges and get an "advanced diploma", even if the only reason they passed the previous class is because of all the fake grades. We're not allowed to advise on course placement and tell a kid they need a remedial class. Up until this year, we weren't allowed to do anything about phones--that almost all students were on all the time. Close to a fifth of our students are chronically absent. |
| ^^forgot to add. Failed a reading or math class required for graduation? No problem--take it over the summer through free credit-recovery classes where you will get an A, and then onward to the next level! The kids know this, and so do their parents. |
You are naive. Money talks and if companies can hire indentured servants they will. |
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