Quote: “people imagine that they’d like to see their children enter the workplace with really useful business skills but if they actually did so they’d immediately begin competing for jobs with their older siblings and parents, which would be catastrophic.”
Response: Something that strikes me about this passage is that Ishmael seems to really understand how schools work and also how jobs work just from watching. Even though Ishmael probable hasn’t had a human job before and he can see the way schools try to keep kids so they don’t enter the job market just by watching a little girl in school. I sort of agree with the author on this quote because why would you want to hire a kid when you can hire an adult with more life experience. Also because it seems very accurate of how people don’t have many jobs in this economy and population.
I did enjoy reading My Ishmael and seeing how even a gorilla could figure things out about mother culture that we don't "see" everyday.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good entry, because it really does reflect on the economy today, and on degrees. People will get paid more if they have a degree in the field they're working with, but they still don't have much extra experience that they will use in their job. I think that you are right by saying, "Why would you want to hire a kid when you can hire an adult with more life experience." This is awesome because it does agree with the book in that, it doesn't matter how knowledgable you are about the skill, as long as you are 18 years old or older, and have a minimum amount of education.
ReplyDeleteI like how you picked one of the quotes that i really like out of the chapter. I completely agree with you and how you view the quote. Good job :p
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