Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yahoobb218120102085.bbtec.NET!not-for-mail From: Eric Takabayashi Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Japan makes it big in world news Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 03:25:36 +0900 Lines: 72 Message-ID: <3F09BB20.5D2FC5D2@yahoo.co.jp> References: <73fde4f0.0307040506.76ea8fcf@posting.google.com> <73fde4f0.0307041813.3a36ed2f@posting.google.com> <3F06CDC1.84713A54@yahoo.co.jp> <73fde4f0.0307051243.686b8f04@posting.google.com> <3F079E22.102670D6@yahoo.co.jp> <73fde4f0.0307060736.3d346a72@posting.google.com> <3F098777.C50A4563@yahoo.co.jp> Reply-To: etakajp@yahoo.co.jp NNTP-Posting-Host: yahoobb218120102085.bbtec.net (218.120.102.85) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1057602400 3682266 218.120.102.85 (16 [138107]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:2230 Kevin Gowen wrote: > Eric Takabayashi wrote: > > Kevin Gowen wrote: > > > >> Oh man, another person who swallowed the "education is the key to > >> employment" hook. Let me get this straight: After six months of > >> unemployment, a person decides to worsen their financial condition by > >> purchasing education? > > > > As you pointed out to me, education or those little pieces of paper > > may be necessary to do what you want to do. You can't become a > > registered nurse off the street. > > That's true, but if you apply that reasoning to John's hypothetical, you are > describing a wholesale change of career. Sure. That is precisely what I would do if I lost my job or did not like my job. If I stay in Japan, I'd like to be a cook or farmer. If I go home, I'd study to be a nurse. None of those would cost an outrageous amount. > A construction worker who has been > out of work for six months doesn't decide to go to nursing school. They sure can if they have savings or some means of support. Luckily John and I are not unemployed construction workers. Ah. Just remembered. One Document '03 I saw was how elderly homeless men in Japan were getting off the streets: they studied at school to become certified home helpers for other elderly people. The salary was only 150,000 yen a month, but it was better than being unemployed or homeless. I do not remember how they funded their education, but believe it was not a handout, scholarship or loan. > It is not > particularly wise for a person who has been unemployed for six months to > incur the cost of education, But it was a real good idea for me to save my money while I enjoy a surplus for me to pay for education and living expenses for a family of four, for at least two years. > unless they were unable to work in their > previous career Or were tired of it, or found a new career which had much more opportunity or a better salary, like nursing would be for me, or were plain more interesting or satisfying like farming or cooking would be for me. > or any other career that would not require further > education. > > >> Try jobs that don't require resumes, like retail outlets, convenience > >> stores, and so forth. > > > > Or he could do what you said you did. > > What did I say I did? I say so many things, you see. You didn't list your advanced degree, I believe it was. > > It's not useful experience, but > > my resume is much too long to fit on the suggested single page. I > > would cut mine down to two or three jobs or references. > > That's what most people would do. References should be on a separate page, > though. The letters of reference are.