Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Parents, Teachers & Students Debate the US Education System | VICE Debates" video.

  1. Re: the resume study -- I had thought everyone knew about that study. They appeared not to believe it. Look, there is a real problem with what you tell kids. I would never tell a college student, much less K - 12, the truth about the workplace and workplace hiring, and it's not only because of race. A person who keeps getting passed over for jobs that less qualified people get has to remember that the person hired may be related to someone, money may have changed hands, that person may have slept with someone or may have done drugs with someone for that job, not to mention a whole host of less nefarious things like lying, flattery, denunciations of others by friends, jealousy of something on a great resume that turns the interviewer off and leads to hiring the less accomplished, etc. People who aren't from big cities may not understand how common corruption is. I don't want to tell a KID this stuff. It wasn't rare to get one's friends to make derogatory social media posts about a competitor and positive statements about oneself during hiring season at the most prestigious law schools and MBA programs. Some people were sued over it. It's also no secret that an "ordinary" job won't hire someone from an Ivy, which is harsh -- suppose you want to work in a bookstore while you write your first novel or before leaving to join the Peace Corps? Patti Smith worked in a bookstore. Actors wait tables. This is a message you have to craft carefully and deploy only when needed. The goal is always to strengthen the young person to rise above the fray and be happy and successful in life, not to feel hopeless or dejected. Even Jordan Peterson said a few good things about this issue, such as never let anyone in the workplace punish you for your virtues.
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