On Mar 25, 10:28 pm, "Peahen" <peahen1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "FurPaw" <furrealpaw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Peahen wrote:
> >> "FurPaw" <furrealpaw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
> >>> I do wonder if this avoidance of the mature worker will turn around
as
> >>> more and more baby boomers retire and employers find that they are
> >>> unable to find enough qualified workers to fill those positions.
>
> >> Seems to me with the recession that we don't know we're in, there's
not
> >> going to be much of a demand for workers, qualified or not.
>
> > Yeah, there's that... and will we ever get out of this recession?
>
> > I'm thinking with emphasis on qualified... because the _average_
students
> > graduating from high schools aren't qualified for much; many of them
have
> > to take remedial cl***** when they start college, and I don't know
what
> > employers do with/for those who go straight to work.
>
> > FurPaw
>
> Yup, I was a tutor when I first got here. I had students who didn't
know
> the components of a sentence, much less a paragraph.
you know, i was going to comment on the many aspects that evolved out
of this discussion, but i am too discouraged in all those realms....
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