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Check out this audio presentation from the NY Times about the state of (un)employment among Philadelphia's young people. What do you think? 20 points EC for a well thought-out opinion of five sentences on the topic of teen employment posted in the COMMENTS section below or emailed to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net.
after listening to the people experiences it made me think how will it be for people later. i know that when it come to finding a job its hard, I've been looking for a job since i was able to work and i still haven't found anything. there are a lot of people that have it worse than i do, an example of that is the people in the article. though i don't have a job i at least am provided for. a lot of people are not as fortunate.
I understand the difficulties of being a young adult looking for jobs. Personally, I've had these same problems causing me from getting a job in the current stage of the economy. The article only reaffirmed my belief that a high school education isn't enough anymore. And options are running thin for young people out there. Not much to say but that's the cold, hard truth.
It is hard out there for people. listening to those people just confirmed the truth. these days if you do not have a college degree you get nothing. no one wants to hire anyone anymore because they are not making any money themselves. with the economy in the state that it is in now big businesses are making money. I had a job but they were not willing to work around my school schedule so i quit. i tried looking for another since then but have been unsuccessful.
i think that those people sound sincere and like they have it somewhat bad. it just means that they need to try harder and more. to me you cant always depend on other people to fall on. the "recession" shouldn't be a big deal. its just something else to conquer and exceed.
after listening to the people experiences it made me think how will it be for people later. i know that when it come to finding a job its hard, I've been looking for a job since i was able to work and i still haven't found anything. there are a lot of people that have it worse than i do, an example of that is the people in the article. though i don't have a job i at least am provided for. a lot of people are not as fortunate.
ReplyDeleteI understand the difficulties of being a young adult looking for jobs. Personally, I've had these same problems causing me from getting a job in the current stage of the economy. The article only reaffirmed my belief that a high school education isn't enough anymore. And options are running thin for young people out there. Not much to say but that's the cold, hard truth.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard out there for people. listening to those people just confirmed the truth. these days if you do not have a college degree you get nothing. no one wants to hire anyone anymore because they are not making any money themselves. with the economy in the state that it is in now big businesses are making money. I had a job but they were not willing to work around my school schedule so i quit. i tried looking for another since then but have been unsuccessful.
ReplyDeletei think that those people sound sincere and like they have it somewhat bad. it just means that they need to try harder and more. to me you cant always depend on other people to fall on. the "recession" shouldn't be a big deal. its just something else to conquer and exceed.
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