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You make some good points, I hope some were facetious. Every adult should have their own housing, for many there are no free options other than homelessness, which for a woman could easily have tragic consequences, even death. Most won't die without it, but we can't promote the idea that being able to afford housing isn't a necessity.
I also cannot agree that health insurance is a luxury. If you are in an accident, the taxpayers will be footing the bill which could reach millions, and if someone w/o insurance lets symptoms go it can end up in a chronic illness that costs a fortune over a lifetime. If they already have an illness that would greatly increase their cost of living. Our health care in this country is absurd and terribly flawed, but at this point health insurance is a necessity.
Facetious? Not really. That's been my life since 2007. I haven't had a checkup in 6.5 years. Haven't been able to afford rented rooms in 2.5 years. No health insurance either. I rarely get sick. If I get a disease, oh well, my mortality rate will be high. Sometimes life gives you lemons. For now, I just have to outlive the sting.
Staying up all night scavenging for loose change on the streets is very humbling. Luckily I'm not back to that point yet, but if I get to that point again at least I know how to work with it.
I don't have a field. I'm a fresh college graduate that studied theater. I thought we were talking about skills? Ask about specific skills you think will translate to employment.
Facetious? Not really. That's been my life since 2007. I haven't had a checkup in 6.5 years. Haven't been able to afford rented rooms in 2.5 years. No health insurance either. I rarely get sick. If I get a disease, oh well, my mortality rate will be high. Sometimes life gives you lemons. For now, I just have to outlive the sting.
Staying up all night scavenging for loose change on the streets is very humbling. Luckily I'm not back to that point yet, but if I get to that point again at least I know how to work with it.
Ae you saying you can't find a full time job with health insurance that would allow you to at least rent a room? If that's the case, it's not okay and not something we should be accepting in a matter fact way in this country. If it's just a fun adventure that's one thing, but a woman with no family could not safely live that way.
Ae you saying you can't find a full time job with health insurance that would allow you to at least rent a room? If that's the case, it's not okay and not something we should be accepting in a matter fact way in this country. If it's just a fun adventure that's one thing, but a woman with no family could not safely live that way.
That's correct. At least until that healthcare thing requires part time workers to have insurance, but there's been a rise in contract jobs, recruiter usage and "short hour" positions which can evade that I think. Short hour is terrible. 1,000 hours per calendar year maximum. They don't let you control your schedule either so having a 2nd job is difficult, especially if its for a store with a conflict of interest contract (no working for stores that sell anything similar to what we sell.)
My living situation is pathetic right now but once I get a call back to work somewhere my girlfriend and I should be able to afford a room somewhere on our own, lol.
Anyway, I know we "shouldn't accept it" but some of us don't have a choice right now.
That's correct. At least until that healthcare thing requires part time workers to have insurance, but there's been a rise in contract jobs, recruiter usage and "short hour" positions which can evade that I think. Short hour is terrible. 1,000 hours per calendar year maximum. They don't let you control your schedule either so having a 2nd job is difficult, especially if its for a store with a conflict of interest contract (no working for stores that sell anything similar to what we sell.)
Anyway, I know we "shouldn't accept it" but some of us don't have a choice right now.
I meant the rest of us shouldn't accept it, that's why I thought your post might be facetious as a way to point out how ridiculous things have become. If it's your life one has no choice but to accept it, but it really posses me off if that's the case in this supposedly "great" country.
I meant the rest of us shouldn't accept it, that's why I thought your post might be facetious as a way to point out how ridiculous things have become. If it's your life one has no choice but to accept it, but it really posses me off if that's the case in this supposedly "great" country.
There are a lot of people in a similar situation. There simply aren't enough jobs to go around.
I don't have a field. I'm a fresh college graduate that studied theater. I thought we were talking about skills? Ask about specific skills you think will translate to employment.
Skills are vague and are usually not fully developed by academic training.
Let's use time management as an example. In an academic setting you work to a deadline at the end of the semester. In a work setting you may have several different projects due at different times. Academically you have the freedom to do your work at almost any time of day or night and attendance policies may be lax. The work environment demands that your work is done between 9-5 and attendance and punctuality are critical.
I could go on, but I think that my example demonstrates that experience in school develops skills that are only loosely analogous to a work setting.
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