Is our educational system too old fashion?

	Is our educational system too old fashion? Should our educational system be changed in order to keep pace with our rapidly changing society? When I was at school, eight years ago, doing my GCSEs, apart from maths, science and english, most of the subjects we were studying have no relevance into todays world and have all been forgotten by my feeble mind. What was the point of that education? What was the point of being forced to study religious education? School children should learn more life skills - e.g. home financial economics, basic car repair, computer skills, on top of maths and english. Asked By: MrSandman - 8/2/2006

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While I am not entirely sure what you mean by being "old fashioned," it is apparent that our modern public school systems, by and large, don't seem to be doing their job. The solution, unfortunately, cannot be a quick switch to a new way of doing things unless a support system is in place. For example, in our local system, teachers are not given enough authority in their classroom; the reason for that is that schools are fighting to keep students on their rosters because they get paid by how many students they have. Clearly students everywhere have discovered this and standards have been relaxed far too much. Change is always a double-edged sword; one must not only be prepared to support the changes on a permanent basis, which meets enough resistance by itself, but they must also pay the price in other ways, initially at least. An example of this would be to raise standards of behavior and insist on compliance. While the resistance to the idea would be significant, it would also encourage the marginal students to just stop going to school. Personally, I would require school or make them dig ditches or clean sewers. Sending them home to watch TV or hang out in the mall is not a suitable option. Sometimes key options are what people need. The most important issue you address is more troubling: how do we bring the high school graduate into the workplace when he does not have the skills? Should we give lessons in banking and bill paying? How about teaching someone skills in order to hold a job? I observed a young man, a college graduate, ask someone what the area code for Honolulu was. It was 9 AM. The upshot of it was that the college graduate believed that it was 9 AM in Hawaii too! Someone gave him the area code and he found out what time it was when he called our business associate on his personal line. I think someone should have learned about time zones in high school, at very least. That should be in with the other stuff that makes us a bit more human. Frankly, I think that getting along with teachers is the student's problem; you often don't get the boss you want and it is your job to get along with him, not have him get along with you. The world isn't fair and it would be a good lesson to learn that early. My teachers in HS or college weren't always fair and when I complained, things didn’t change; my parents told me to work harder at it. I didn't see the righteousness of it then, but it was very good advice. Lastly, the entire educational system isn't too keen on what actually gets you a job and what doesn't; it would be nice if it made it pretty clear that you needed an MA or PhD in Psychology to even earn a decent living and that learning Shakespeare made you a sterling dinner partner but perhaps not much else. It isn't that learning these doesn’t have personal value, but how our world values them that makes a difference; sometimes we learn skills we don't especially want to learn because it makes a difference in our career path. That’s part of maturation. Being aware of how marketable you will be when you graduate from anything would be highly advisable. Lastly, I believe that by age 10 or 12, one ought to begin taking courses directed at what talents you have; if you fail, you try something else, but this plain vanilla HS graduate we have today is pretty much prepared to do nothing. Frankly, that's a greater crime than anything else. Although people make it in the fast food industry if they work hard, watching life happen to you over the counter at a convenience store will only leave you complaining about the minimum wage. No one was ever expected to support a family on that. Restoring personal initiative and responsibility is really the task of all our education systems. That means making it clear that presenting oneself properly and getting along with others is as important as what subjects you are learning. Once the education system makes it clear, it’s up to student initiative to make it work. Answered By: Bentley - 8/3/2006

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I agree. Yes there should be basics, but I don't understand the need for some classes. I do think history is vitally important and the ones you mention, like home finance, credit, economics, politics, world issues and sex education are lacking alot. Answered By: dreamcatcher8993 - 8/3/2006

I'm totally agree with u! Answered By: vega_nightsky - 8/3/2006

I think so. i think we should learn life skills. most ppl live average lives once they leave college, and no one really need to know what photosyntesis is to go to the supermarket. Answered By: elementamigo4 - 8/3/2006

I would say, examine the best and highest performing school systems in the US and use whatever systems those schools use. It makes no sense to re-invent the wheel. Priority should be given to ungoing problems the schools are facing High drop out and pregnancy rates being one thing the schools need to address in concert with parents. If a young adult doesn't see any value in education then its a major problem. As far as the school systems being "old fashioned" to the contrary I feel that the old fashioned methods seems to produce more success now most kids don't even want to be in class. let alone go onto college. Answered By: tanner_1122 - 8/3/2006

Its not too old fashioned--If a student wants to learn he/she will. Answered By: nowerk13 - 8/3/2006

I don't think they are old fashion. If that were the case then children would be able to read and do basic math skills. If anything the system has tried so called innovative systems and they and they have failed. I have experienced this first hand with my own children and was a Special Ed teacher for 10 years. So I believe I know what works. Presently in the school systems if a student chooses there are vocational schools that their school system will assist them in enrollment and learn a trade. These schools are an alternative for someone that wants to learn a trade. The computer classes in most schools are very adequate in learning the basic fundamentals of the computer. Home financial home economics should be learned in the home that is the parents responsibility. Hopefully you studying gave you a foundation for values and morals. That is what religious studies are about.. You pose a great question! Answered By: roeskats - 8/3/2006

No, in fact I have many Home Economics and Technology Classes( Even Though I'm terrible in both areas) Answered By: Starbucks Fanatic - 8/3/2006

The first failure with regards to the education system is the premise that it is the government's job to educate our children. Our government-run schools are a failure. In the inner cities, less than half graduate. Kids do not leave with skills to hold a job, let alone show up for one. A lot of kids cannot even speak an intelligent conversation. The best solution is private school vouchers. Everytime competition is introduced, the industry gets better. For example, look at the phone industry. It cost 25 cents a minute to make a long distance call in 1980. That is $1.50 in current money. It costs 10-15 cents, depending on your plan 26 years later. There are other reasons why government schools fail, but that would take a while to explain. The religious education is an excellent talking point. I was raised Catholic and have not been to church in a long time. Too often, the message is missed and the messenger is the problem. We as a society need to promote morality and moral living. Any reasonable person would agree that the 10 Commandments are words to live by. Good religion also teaches marriage, sexual morality, and the like. One of the main reasons why we have so many societal problems: divorce at 60?out of wed lock births climbing, STD's all over the place is because of a lack of moral training. Take a look at the revered by many (not me) President Clinton. He represents the term situational ethics. This means, depending on your situation, you may or may not be honest. I was raised to always do the right thing, especially when there is no one around to see it. Your point that children need more life skills is great. Let us teach our children in the home (from the parents) honesty, integrity, and the like. Let us teach our kids that getting a job and working for a company for 40 years is gone. How about stop depending on the goverment for our health care, retirement, education of our kids, etc. How about personal responsibility and learn how to work with the opposite sex instead of divorcing when there is a problem. How about it is wrong for 15 year old girls to get pregnant? My personal favorite is passing a law that allows individuals at their own expense to buy a converter for their cable box and block channels that they feel offensive. I am sick and tired of flipping through my channels and catching the crap that MTV puts on: the hook-up shows, the filth that people call rap music videos. I would love to see the entertainment industry see the reports of how much of their filth is blocked from even coming into people's homes. Answered By: Chainsaw - 8/3/2006

Life skills can be learnt later on with personal interest increased respectively while English, maths & Science should be the step stone for a person's development. Religious awareness is also important if you want to understand other people with different religions Answered By: lameduck - 8/3/2006

Thats what they are doing. Kids are now issued computers in mid-school Answered By: spicy girl 1 - 8/3/2006

Schools today have undergone a vast and mighty change in the way they 'do business'. This has been done as a reflection of the business community advising schools that the people they are having to hire either are not prepared, or seem to have little or no direction, or are difficult to qualify. The worse part of this is we are graduating students who still: have not developed spelling skills, math skills, reading skills, thinking skills - skills that should have been learned in school. Parenting and school teachers and administrators have had to come together to reason why these things are happening. We have more students with problems than ever before -Influx of immigrants who cannot/will not learn to speak English, Moms/Dads in jail, on drugs, neighborhoods that are not safe, young people having to take care of their siblings, teen shootings/death, more teens trying to work instead of be students, ADD, ADHD, Depression, Cutting, Bullying, Drugs, Gangs, Gun-toting, Knife-weilding Witchcraft - an array of issues that schools have had to deal with. As a result, yes, the educational system has had to go back to the drafting table to determine what needs to be done in order to accommodate students and parents' needs. There are many schools that interface with the community providing courses that students can take which will help them find jobs and hopefully careers. Answered By: THE SINGER... - 8/3/2006

No... It is very up to date. Obviously you did not pay very much attention during school to take away any knowledge from it. Math, English and computer skill's are a big part of the school system. I have never heard of a public school having religious education. In fact that is against the rules. If someone chooses to send their child to a private religious school. Then Religious ed is a part of their education. Which should be. So many children grow up with no rule's and no meaning in life. A basic knowledge of God and Jesus give children respect for others and a higher purpose. Answered By: hullo? - 8/3/2006

Our education system is constantly changing. Maybe too fast and too hard for the kids to keep up with. I don't know how the kids do it now day. Answered By: Chuck - 8/3/2006

Our educational system is fine.. Teachers unions and liberal attitudes on discipline are the causes of the decline of the education of young Americans. There are counties who spend far less per student and get far better results.. Answered By: Common Sense - 8/3/2006

Well it's been updated if we were born way early we would probably be using stone and some other things to write on it. I'm glad that inventors make new ideas so we won't be old fashioned forever. Answered By: Stewie Griffin - 8/3/2006

Some of what you suggest would be rapidly out of date. If anything, I think the education system is 'too modern'. It needs to focus more heavily on reading, writing, speaking, mathematics and problem solving. Some awareness of say the last 100 years history and global geography, and basic economics would be desireable for the voters of tomorrow as well. Answered By: kheserthorpe - 8/2/2006

If anything, I do not believe that our schools are old-fashioned. If that was the case, you could still paddle a child for doing something wrong instead of wondering if you would get turned in if you disciplined a child. They have taken a lot of morals out of today's school system. I believe that the government needs to leave the schools alone and let them continue to do their jobs. And yes, you are true they do need to learn more of the basics, like we did when we were in school. Answered By: tracey986 - 8/2/2006

It is not old fashioned enough. Today's kids don't learn crap. Most high school graduates of public school couldn't tell you 10 things that are in the U.S. Constitution. Most could not construct a sentence using correct gramatical syntax. Most could not identify all 50 of the states on a map. Most could not name 5 signers of the Declaration of Independence. If you read the Gettysburg Address, most could not identify the speech. We need to get back to basics. Back to the "old school". I agree with your last sentence; however, it seems to contridict your premise. Answered By: as400_guru - 8/2/2006

There are several different aspects of education that need substantial reform. First, there is the goofy "grade-level" system, where a bunch of kids are put together in a classroom simply because of age. The only time a student is put into a class of students who are not the same age is when that child is being humiliated as "low-performance" and is held back. If we had such a system in high school or college, there would be outrage. But apparantly, all 6 year olds are supposed to be completely equal in the classroom, regardless of any external factors. So, my first reform would be to throw out the grade-level system, and instead put in an ability-level system, where students acheive at an appropriate pace to their abilities. Another aspect that could use some work is the "work with the teacher" aspect. That is, a student is stuck with a teacher for the year, regardless of how compatable they are with each other. This would be MUCH tougher to reform, and frankly, any reform would only have modest success, but that success would come at almost no cost. Students should be matched to teachers. Teachers should be matched to students. Both, of course, within some reasonable limits. Third, kindergarten is not mandatory for students. Since this is the case, we either need to abolish kindergarten or make it mandatory. It doesn't really matter, as long as all students are consistent and therefore equally prepared for school. I would personally prefer mandatory kindergarten. Fourth, our current testing programs are absolute baloney. They only measure a portion of a student's abilities, and they do that remarkably poorly. Many of the questions are inexcusably badly written. There are assumptions about student experiences that are unrealistic. The tests need to be reduced to about a third of their size, and need to include more written work, especially in math and science. Fifth, we need the arts, sciences, and PE to come back. Our current math and reading programs are so myopic in focus that they barely engage students at all. Rather, our reading programs should cover the materials that relate to social studies and science, as well as the arts. Math should relate to PE and science. We do NOT need more mealy mouthed units on "being friends" or "keep trying", but instead need more units that are based on actual useful and engaging information. Sixth, social skills need to be explicitly taught. The days when parents taught their children manners are gone, and will not come back. We need to teach these things in the classroom, rather than punish our children for not meeting expectations that they were never prepared for in the first place. Seventh, exit exams. They will never be perfect, but they simply need to be in place and adhered to, rather than having people whine about why they didn't pass. If someone is not going to put forth a maximum effort to learn, then that person does not deserve any breaks. There is some personal responsibility in this after all. That said, exit exams need to have a percentage of tests passed to be considered a graduate. There are many adults I know who simply cannot add or subtract and who cannot write a decent paper to save their lives, yet they are now teachers, doctors, lawyers, and bankers. They did not need EVERY little skill covered in an exit exam, only a relevent subset of skills. A graduate should be able to pass with 4 out of 5 successful subtests. Oh boy, I can go on and on about useless information being taught, politically motivated requirements, budget naughtiness, and general stupidity, but I just can't keep up this head of steam. By the way, I have been a teacher for 15 years. Answered By: Mutantmoose - 8/2/2006

Since it's one of the worst in the world? Yes. I always thought that auto shop should be a required course for girls so they wouldn't get ripped off by crooked mechanics. Answered By: Ranjer - 8/2/2006

Two issues: 1) not enough basic "old fasioned" education why math is taught at such lame level that it is hard to compete later on with kids from China and other countries. 2) not enough life skills beint taught Many people don't know how to balance their own bank account. Unfortunatelly, their parents can't teach them either, because they have the same problem. Answered By: snowflake1234 - 8/2/2006

Our ED system is very outdated, and if we do not give it a serious rehab, our society will cease to exist when other countries will out smart us Answered By: Annie R - 8/2/2006

WAY !!! Not only is the education program out of wack, they need to improve the incomes of the teachers! Answered By: LoveMyLife - 8/2/2006

I have the perfect school system.....teachers can teach.....teachers and principals can discipline......even the school bus driver can lay down the law when needed.... My kid is on honor roll... The old school system we had to tolerate.... Teachers could teach half-hearted, no teacher or the principal could discipline, the bus driver was just a pawn in the mess....The County shrink could medicate....it didn't work....still doesn't work.... Answered By: keeperlast - 8/2/2006

Everything we learn is relevant, no matter what. It all depends on how and where do you make use of it. It is true that no all we learn will be of use in a specific career or job, but life is more than having a job or a profession. Answered By: Jossean S - 8/2/2006

What is there in elementary school that isn't important? Social Studies? It's very important to learn how the world works. Science? Come on, how will we ever have doctors if kids aren't exposed to science? Gym? Kids are fat enough without taking away their one hour a day of exercise. There is only so much time in a day; do you think a ten year old girl will want to waste an hour under the hood of an old car? I think the education system is doing a fine job. Answered By: TurnerTelevision - 8/2/2006

When I lived in California the public schools were abbysmal. You either were college prep or you graduated from high school with no technical training whatsoever. Moving to Texas was the best thing we did for our family. The public high schools offer incredible technical schools to prepare one for a good job right out of high school for those students who are not college material. Property taxes are higher in Texas but over 1?f the taxes go directly to schools and it is showing! Answered By: Corinthian - 8/2/2006

I hate the eduactional system, if I had a half penny for all the lies I've been told in public school then I'd be a multibillionair! I agree, we need to change it, it is to old fashion, and we're not getting as good of an education as we could. Answered By: suppy_sup - 8/2/2006

Education should be wholistic. it should address all types of intelligences as well as teach good morals and right conduct. the aim of education is to improve the whole self. limiting the number of subjects to study will not achieve that. if you do not want to attend religious classes, enroll in a non-sectarian institution. you may have forgotten most of what you learned then, but they may have been useful to you at one point or will be in the future. Answered By: nononsense - 8/2/2006

I agree with the first guy who answered. What is wrong with the "old fashioned" way of learning? Your parents, and their generation speak better English than any kid in America these days. They understood the way you put sentences together and how to add numerals. Now they're so obsessed with teaching this all important sex education. Now why does that need to be initiated? Your point about auto repair and the like, it a good point. Before Homek became Family and Consumer Science, they did teach you how to balance a checkbook. But in this 'modern' society, they have to focus on how to show your kid how to have sex. This is unneeded and would have never been allowed in school years ago. You have good points, but the subjects shouldn't change, but especially the way it is taught. That's what liberal college is for!!! Answered By: fetishboy191 - 8/2/2006

Yes because our educational system is not as fully advanced as the Japanese and European systems. Answered By: brian_h_1998 - 8/2/2006

Our "school system" is terrible, home schooling is much more efficent than the current system we have now.so many teachers are only in it for the money(unions) and don't care the whole system is a disgrace. Answered By: hoopsters44 - 8/2/2006

Quite the opposite. "Old Fashioned" schooling was extremely useful. They taught HOW TO LEARN. The three 'R's' is really a corruption of the FOUR "R's". Research, Relate, Review, and Record. That was the 'learning' that the Founding Fathers had, and modern educators marvel at their brilliance. Answered By: suspendor - 8/2/2006

Uh..um...okay...my dad is old school...he wants us to clean the house with old clothes and towels... Source(s): we have somthing called clorx and mr.cleasn but he choses old rags instead... Answered By: southkorean - 8/2/2006

Actually, maybe our educational system should be MORE old-fashioned. When I was in school, much longer ago than you, girls had home economics (sewing, cooking) and boys had shop (learning carpentry, simple machinery), which actually taught us some life skills, albeit with a sexist twist. I don't think academic subjects are irrelevant (except maybe religious studies, which are generally restricted to religious schools, and presumably parents want their children to learn this stuff), but there needs to be a balance of learning the practical skills of life: managing money, cooking, basic car and home repair, skills in writing resumes and going for job interviews, etc. In the US, schools keep cutting out more and more "extras" in favor of core curriculum to meet state standards or pass high-stakes standardized tests. While it is good to have standards, education becomes defined more and more narrowly. Arts and music are give short shrift, and forget practical education, except for the students deemed too stupid for college who are put on a vocational track and might actually graduate from high school with more marketable skills than their "smarter" peers. Answered By: just wondering - 8/2/2006

Yes, it's too old fashioned. It needs to be completely abolished, and replaced with homeschooling. Source(s): personal experience Answered By: Red - 8/2/2006

I agree with some of your points about needing to know how to balance a checkbook, cook simple meals, car maintenance, etc. But they still need advanced math, English, 2nd language, science and SOME-history more recent history. By 3rd grade chris columbus & civil war, DONE. Answered By: grrl - 8/2/2006

Yah its true that some portion is out of date but there is a lot infusion of modern techniques. so one cannot term hte education system as outdated Answered By: Mrinal B - 8/2/2006

I don't think it's old fashioned enough. You can still take many of those classes in today's schools, at least around here you can (the south). Wood shop, Auto shop, economics, computer classes, all that. I think the course load is fine. The problem is the students. They aren't motivated enough and they have too much freedom in the classroom. There are some schools here in GA that still allow teachers to paddle the kids (elementary-middle). My friend is a teacher at one of those schools and he says he can tell a BIG difference (much better) in the attitudes of the kids from that school and another school he taught at that didn't paddle them. Kids need discipline and structure and some kind of a deterrent to keep them from doing bad sh*t. Period. After-school or in-school detention doesn't mean jack squat to a kid who's parents don't give a rat's ass about them or their schooling. I say keep the course load going the way it is and send more of the troublesome kids off to disciplinary schools so they won't "drag down" the other kids who are trying to learn. Answered By: liquidic311 - 8/2/2006

Well, I think that we learn too much unnessesarry stuff. 10 years from now I'm not gonna wake up and say, "Well I think I'll recite the different algebraic rules!" As a matter of fact, 10 years from now I won't remember half of the things I'm learning (use it or lose it) so we should be learning things that we will use so we don't lose it. In my oppinion more schools should be working on computers to save paper. Even if somthing needs to be taken home, like notes to study, or home work to do, computer font is 3 times smaller than some peoples handwriting. I also think that school books should be a set at home and a set in the class room so the students don't have to carry books to school every day. Answered By: Janette - 8/2/2006

Falsely it is old fashioned it has failed to understand the psychy of the child this modern generation just wants to learn everything automatically they do not want to use their mind for problems thats why no great scientists are coming. use of natural brain has been stopped. the child no longer uses his natural brain in india the children start to go to tution in his kinder garten previous system was much better and much more beter with the gadgets now coming the development of the brain has stopped i.THATS WHY IN INDIA STILL CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TILL MATRICULATION. Thats the reason in india we have the sharpest mathematical brains. Answered By: kushagra_pndy - 8/2/2006

No, just bad. Answered By: gentsocar - 8/2/2006

I was in school about 10yrs ago. if i know then what i know now i think life would a bit easier. for instence i agree they need to make different classes that you have to take. i would say learn the basics of a car, home economics (when i was in school that wasnt forced) and most important...how important your credit is. growing up i know nothing about credit and wasted it. now i have to work even harder to fix it cause i got everything on credit and now i'm in debt...it sucks! Answered By: emc251978 - 8/2/2006

Education is not focusing on the right topics to help people succeed in the modern world. They're teaching people how to get a job. They should teach people more about investing money! JOB stands for just over broke. Rich people work a lot less and make more by making money work for them. Schools should teach us how to survive in the modern world. Most people I know that have jobs are just over broke. Answered By: ivan8r - 8/2/2006

The Educational System is so old fashioned, there should just be one exam and then University, none of this GCSEs one year, Aslevels the next and Alevels the year after and then university... It is just pain crazy! Answered By: Hidden~Rebel - 8/2/2006

Yes, the trouble with most education systems, especially the ones in the third word are that they concentrate on developing deductive logic. In fact from the day you go to school (or in some cases even before you start) they make you try to deduce things out. Nobody allows you to cultivate or even retain your ability to learn by induction, which incidentally is the first and primary way of learning. That ability is what differentiate a great scientist from a good scientist. Answered By: ancalagon2003 - 8/2/2006

Mhm i think ssoo Answered By: bball_cutie0607 - 8/2/2006

I think you have a point but we should also brush up on lessons of virtue and old fashioned values. Answered By: Marion C - 8/2/2006

In my opinion there is no true fashion for education. as mahatma Gandhi said "life live as if it will end tomorrow and learn as if u will live forever." this means u must learn all u can in order to live life the "correct" way. as u sated What was the point of being forced to study religious education? and u also said Should our educational system be changed in order to keep pace with our rapidly changing society? well let me tell u something, religion doesn;t really change, so when u study religion u are studying a constant unchangeable thing. u want elementary education to be upon home finance econo;ics, car repair, computer repair...etc on top of math and science and English. well isn't it this the fashion today??? parents should be more involved in their childrens life, A mother is a childes greatest school, no better education would be gained if not for her. in elementary and mid school computer skills are being applied on top of math English and science. children must learn financial decisions on them selves, by trial and error, that is why parents should give their children an allowance. car repair basics are also taught by a father fixing his own car, by the help of his kid. here i conclude by saying that the fashion today is not quit bad, learning can be every where at home at school even at a party. Answered By: 3umar - 8/2/2006

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	Why honesty, hard work and dedication have no place at work? Recently I have overlooked for a project at work and I am unable to accept it why? I am hard working, dedicated, maintain a very professional decorum, very cordial with my colleagues and bosses, give respect to one and all. Still people who take the p***, argue with managers, gossip mongers have been selected for some very responsible positions at work. I seriously can't get my head around it why, why unprofessional people who have no work ethics being selected over me, whereas I have a track record of excellent performance and never shy away from any work my manager ask me to do? I am at my lowest point and not getting hold of my manager to ask the question why not me, why them who can't even bother? I am feeling like a complete loser, giving years to this place, building my performance, trust and this is how I get rewarded. Why my life is so shit, anything I wish for turns to dust? 1 answer - Asked By: network7 - 11/6/2012

	I have applied for over 100 jobs I have gotten no calls for a job interview, what can i do? As stated in my question I've applied for multiple jobs and gotten no job interview, you name a place I've applied there. I've said i will work ridiculous hours from like 12am to 5am and nothing. I've said I am willing to work weekends public holidays everything and I have gotten nothing back I am so desperate for money it's not funny. 9 answers - Asked By: Jamie - 1/9/2012

	What to wear to a job interview VS a career fair? So I have a nice white button up shirt, business skirt and pants, and a suit jacket. I'm applying for a software development job and I'm very short and can look young so I'm trying to look adult, yet professional. I'm also attractive so I'm trying not to look too sexy. For the career fair I'm thinking of wearing just my nice shirt and a skirt with low heels. My reasoning being it's approachable and attractive without going overboard since the career fair hosts are mostly younger male recent grads. I want to be remembered but not intimidating. For my interviews I was thinking pants, suit jacket (power suit). My reasoning being it'll be older execs and HR people (mostly women) so less sexy with the pants but more powerful with the suit jacket. What do you think?! 2 answers - Asked By: Beast - 9/23/2012

	Rate my resume please? I'm really having a hard time finding a job. I'm not sure why employers aren't contacting me :( I have about 4 years in expereince ( about 1 year of management) Well, here it is Jon smith Erlanger KY, USA Cell: +1-859-111-1111 E-mail:abc.def@outlook.com OBJECTIVE Obtain a position as a project manager/coordinator allowing me to utilize my administrative, organizational and problem-solving skills with a growing organization to mutually enhance growth of professional development and success. WORK EXPERIENCE ATS Jun 2012 – Apr 2013 Project Manager I: Managed projects development and staff in different divisions to achieve projects goals through practices of planning, executing and analyzing project-related tasks. Duties, responsibilities and contributions to assigned projects include the following: • Prepare and create project scopes, SWOT analysis reports and statements of work as assigned. • Visit anticipated project sites and create assessments for necessary work. • Analyze given scopes to assist engineers into reaching projects’ objectives. • Examine and manage available resources relating to materials and manpower. • Coordinate staff and arrange regular meetings. • Inspect daily operations and quality of products used on premise. • Implement solutions to resolve complex jobs relating to the project. • Manage and ensure that operations are executed in accordance to project scope and SOW. • Review and submit documents for projects deliverables/submittals and create schedules for subcontractors. • Document all events occurred during project life cycle and submit reports to senior management. Assigned Projects: 1- Conference Rooms IT/Multimedia Project Duration: Jun 2012 – Dec 2012 2- Military Base Renovation Project Duration: Aug 2012 – Aug 2013 AT&T / U-verse Division Oct 2011 – Feb 2012 Command Center Agent II: Applied knowledge to solve common and complex related issues to consumer’s services and devices. The position allowed for individual work at minimum supervision and within teams when necessary. Duties of the position included: •Provide phone/virtual support to internal and external customers. •Audit reports submitted by technicians and follow up with customers. •Implement and updated solutions within workflow system (WFE system). •Interact with IT department personnel to resolve common issues. •Provide assistance to first level support agents. •Maintain database and accounts for customers. Cleve’s Connections May 2009 – Nov 2010 IT Specialist: Provided hands-on and virtual administration for all IT related topics and managed sales for all devices and services. This included consulting, providing solutions, and improving efficiency for small businesses in design and security areas. Tasks performed while working included: • Resolve & close all open cases submitted by staff or customers. • Setup and manage user accounts through Active Directory. • Monitor network activities and logs and report system bugs, downtimes or crashes. • On-site maintenance and installation of network equipment and computer hardware/software. • Perform system setup operations and data backups as requested. • Create case analysis and audit reports given by technicians. • On-call support 24/7. EDUCATION • Devry University, Cincinnati OH Bachelor in Management Graduation: 2012 • Cincinnati State, Cincinnati OH Associate in Network Administration Graduation: Transfer 2010 To Andy: What does my Devry have to do with anything? for profit school? I'm not sure what college you graduated from, but in the real world experience weights more than a piece of paper stating you've completed few written assignments and imaginary projects. SMH! 3 answers - Asked By: Zaid I - 5/8/2013

	What career or jobs can i get after graduating Information Technology? I am currently a 1st year irregular college student taking I.T. I transferred schools and my majors never got credited. But it's okay because i am slowly getting the logics in programming in Java. This next semester i am taking a System Analysis and Design(SADSIGN) and i am getting nervous because even though i am pretty good at logics, i am not that good at coding. But since it is a case study, we will be on group, we will be four i think. Project manager, Analyst, Documentation, and the programmer. I am asking what jobs i can get after graduating I.T. because what if i graduated I.T. and still not that good at coding, i am hoping that there will be a jobs that will require less programming. Like Database manager or in Multimedia or in charge of Network. So is there jobs that doesn't require hardcore programming skills? 2 answers - Asked By: Jay p*e - 5/6/2013

	Which of these careers would I not have a problem getting a job in? Account Executive Hospitality Manager Sales Representative Editorial Assistant Advertising Manager Hotel Manager Personnel Specialist Writer/Author Association Administrator Presenter Special Events Coordinator Political Aide Promotions Manager Speech Writer Consumer Affairs Specialist Sportscaster Public Information Officer Communications Director Public Relations Specialist Radio/TV Announcer Technical Writer Telemarketing Specialist Customer Service Rep. Fund Raiser Training & Development Specialist Events Planner Flight Attendant Youth Worker Media Manager Recruiter Market Research Analyst Community Action Director Recreation/Attractions Manager Restaurant Manager Campaign Manager Development Director Script Writer Photojournalist Advertising Copywriter Museum Director Greeting Card Writer Production Assistant Actor, Mime Narrator Stage Manager Director Impersonator Make-up Artist Stunt Coordinator Booking Agent Talent Scout Drama Coach Stand-in Playwright Stage Manager Movie Theater Manager 2 answers - Asked By: Jolynn - 4/28/2013

	What jobs can you get from going to an engineering school? The question explains it, i am thinking of going to an engineering high school but of course it will focus on other stuff too but still. What kind of jobs can you get because i dont want to be a mechanic(no offence to any) but please help me! 2 answers - Asked By: hungergameslover - 5/13/2013

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	How can l find a job in the pharmacitical field as a sales and marketing manager,in south africa? L want to study medicine and work as a doctor but l am limited due to luck of required monyes. however l swtched on to anther career but still within my career interests as a care giver, but this is somthing to do with sales and marketing in the pharmcitical industry. 2 answers - Asked By: tonnydanabwembya - 12/24/2005

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	Why can't people see that technology will soon cause civil war in the USA? Advances in technology will soon cause 70-80?nemployment in the USA. How will all those millions of people eat, then? That will lead to a conflict between Social Market-ists (gov't imposed wealth redistribution) and Free Market-ists (no gov't imposed wealth redistribution). First, the Luddite Fallacy. It WAS valid UNTIL machines could do most human mental functions better than humans. Some experts are already saying this, but generally it seems like the American Society and its leaders are proceeding in utter ignorance. You probably know about all the technologies that now exist or will soon be up & running, & which will massively reduce the need for human labor in the economy, thus MAKING MOST HUMANS UNNECESSARY to the economy. Some facts: (1) A couple weeks ago all the toll booth workers on the Golden Gate Bridge were all dismissed because the gov't bought a machine to handle everything. (2) Computer voice recognition already exists, in programs such as Siri and Google Voice and others. But very soon these programs will be so much better. Virtually all the human-staffed customer service call centers will disappear very soon. Human office receptions will be mostly eliminated. (3) McDonald's already has a prototype version of their fast food restaurant with NO human workers on site. (4) Wal-Mart & other retailers already have plans for stores with NO human cashiers. (5) Google's driverless cars and trucks will soon eliminate most drivers of commercial trucks & taxi cabs. (6) IBM's computer "Watson" defeated the best human players on "Jeopardy" about a year ago. Watson had to hear and understand host Alex Trebeck's spoken speech just like the human contestants. IBM created Watson to replace Medical Doctors. The plan is that nurses and nurses practitioners will take data from patients (temperate, blood pressure, reports of pains, etc.), enter that into Watson, and Watson will order tests and make prescriptions and treatment plans. Unlike human doctors, Watson will KNOW EVERYTHING about medical science. Doctor errors currently kill about 100,000 patients per year in hospitals alone. Patients will DEMAND to be diagnosed by Watson (or other equivalent) & have a prescription by Watson, since studies will show that patients fare so MUCH better when Watson is their “doctor,” and the cost will be MUCH less. (7) Computers are now replacing the lawyers that formerly had to spend massive hours read through massive amounts of documents turned over to the opposing side in "discovery" in civil lawsuits. Documents now are turned over in digital form, and computers search in seconds them looking for key words and phrases. (8) Soon publishers will stop printing books on paper. Everyone will have an e-Reader device. That will be the END of every physical library and bookstore. (9) Soon computers will be able to general characters in movies that are indistinguishable from real humans. Not only actors will lose their jobs, but costume people, makeup people, scene construction people, camera operators, key grips, electricians, lighting experts, etc. (10) New machines are replacing the humans who pick vegetables in fields. (11) New machines are replacing human security guards. (12) Human airplane pilots, both in the military and in commercial service, will soon be extinct. The FAA has already approved testing of drone planes for commercial transportation of non-human cargo. (13) Most trades on Wall Street are already being made by computers. (14) The U.S. Postal Service is doomed. Paying thousands of people to drive around in little trucks to deliver little printed pieces of paper to each household each day is going to seem more and more like idiocy. (15) Most of the reviews and analysis currently being done by human accountants, actuaries, tax experts, and other financial analysts and consultants will be done must better, more more quickly, and much more accurately, by computers. (16) Web sites already are using computer programs to write the text for stories that report on sports games. The program integrates the statistics from the game into a story text that seems to have been written by a human being. (17)Most education at the college and high school level will soon be done online, eliminating a massive number of workers. Thus, GIGANTIC UNEMPLOYMENT, in the range of 70-80?is coming soon to the USA. This will result in Rio De Janeiro type slums all over the USA. That will result in calls for gov't wealth redistribution, which will result in Armed Revolution, Counter-Revolution, concentration camps, & Latin American-style death squads. The rich and ultra-rich are never going to let any government get control of their wealth. Huge bloody CONFLICT is coming. * * * Politicians keep repeating the old canard that the solution is to train and retrain Americans for the "jobs of the future." But they are either morons or are lying, since anyone who thinks about it can easily see that even if every American worker had an engineering degree or a computer science degree, the economy just doesn't need that many engineers and computer scientists. * * * * * * * Why don't more people see this? Why aren't more people talking about this? We are facing soon a catastrophe in the USA (and in other places) on par of the plagues in Europe that killed half of the population in certain areas, and on par with the depopulation in Europe brought about by WWI and WWII. Sure, you can just repeat the Luddite Fallacy, and proclaim that the economy will always create enough jobs for most people to survive. But there is no law of economics that says that any law of economics will always operate the same. Laws of economics are not like the laws of physics. Economies and life forms can and do evolve in fundamental ways that make former economic models and ways of life obsolete. I'm sure the last tribe of Neanderthals were certain that nothing was ever going to change, right before the Homo Sapiens swooped down on them, chased them into a dead end canyon were other Homo Sapiens were lying in wait with big clubs. * * * * * * * * * In the past the Luddite Fallacy was valid since machines always needed the mental acuity that only human operators could provide, and machines frequently needed maintenance by skilled human hands and minds. But now machines have mental functions that equal or surpass what humans can provide in most work functions. And computers aren't so much repaired anymore as just thrown away and replaced. How many cell phone repair shops have you ever seen? Even most laptop computers are replaced rather than repaired. More and more laptop computers never even need to be repaired for years and years. In short, when the economy has no use for most Americans, all hll is going to brake loose, & that's coming soon. * * * * 2 answers - Asked By: Perro Americano Invicto - 5/16/2013

	I want to become an Escrow Officer, does anyone know how to go about it? What kind of training will I need? I know that Escrow is within Title industry in Texas. What would be the best way to get my foot in the door. I am assuming I will have to start as an Escrow assistant and work my way up, but I would really like to find out more about this career path. How does an officer usually get licensed? Are there classes we need to take and exam to take? Any response is appreciated. 2 answers - Asked By: schang25 - 2/10/2006

	Are there any career in computers that doesn't involve code scripting? 1 answer - Asked By: Big D - 5/3/2013

	Web designer looking to jump into web producing at large agency. would love your advice!? I've always freelanced as a web designer and might have an opportunity to work at a large ad agency. sorta nervous about the culture and role, so I was wondering if I could solicit feedback about the type of strengths I might need to develop, ie., strong project management (learn to use basecamp!), etc. I've held jobs on the client side as a web marketing manager and before that freelanced -- but on the very small scale. anyone with similiar experiences or feedback I'd love to hear from you! 2 answers - Asked By: webguy - 2/11/2006

	How much do you tip an electrican? I have to get an electrican to fix an overloaded circuit and possible short. so do you tip and if so, how much? 4 answers - Asked By: speedlvr_8 - 12/29/2005

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