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 #16 (permalink) Mon Dec 22, 2008 22:07 pm What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| I notice that among the respondents outside the US, few or no people had jobs as teenagers, the way most Americans do, so they all started out in some kind of professional position. I think we Americans learn somewhat different lessons on our first jobs, because most American parents think that working is as important as studying, so we start with little jobs when we're as young as 12, and we have "real" jobs starting at about the age of 16, at least in the summer. Our first jobs are often low-skill manual labor, and these are some of the most important for developing work habits and basic empathy and respect for people. (The kids down the street from me started their own businesses when they were as young as 7, but this is a different situation, although still not unusual.) |
I agree with you. Here, we value work, too. The problem is that we do not have some facilities as you do. Kids study here from 8 to 12 and then 2 to 6. They do not have time to work. Whereas in the US, kids study from 8 or 9 to 3. They have the whole afternoon to work.
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| If you look at the backgrounds of many American CEOs, you can see that their experience differs a lot from their counterparts in other countries. The chairman of Dell Computer started out washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant. The CEO of Seagate Technology worked in a mental hospital restraining unruly patients. |
The very first jobs of CEOs here do not differ much from the ones there. |
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| #17 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:57 am What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| I just learnt that what I want to do in my first Job. |
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| #18 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 13:49 pm What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| As I think about my jobs which I had to do as a kid or a teenager I never will wish such a thing for my kids, and after all, I guess, It will be more useful just carry on with my studying instead of picking up some emergency job which made me just tired. |
I think some, if not many parents think of the same thing. Life was hard for them and I guess it is only natural for them not to wish the same thing for the children.
Another factor is the economic culture of the country. In my home country, one will only get RM 2 or 3 (RM5 in bigger cities - less than $3) per hour working at a fast food restaurant. Only people who really need the money will be willing to work there. And most kids get more from their parents. So even if they want to buy something for themselves, it is faster and less tiring to just manage their pocket money. In my family, we don't even get pocket money. We just asked for them and we had extra chores if the thing we wanted was considered expensive. I cleaned the shoe rack when I wanted a pair of a sneakers. (I don't think I deserved the sneakers for such petty chore but I do get that my parents were just trying to teach me the value of money)
And another one is the education culture. Most kids here do not even have time for fun. They are always busy with extra curricular activities.
The only kids I see working are the ones who have to help their parents. Sometimes I feel sorry for them but sometimes I question who is the luckier one, because they get all the experience that most kids don't. |
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| #19 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 15:45 pm What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| Most kids here do not even have time for fun. They are always busy with extra curricular activities. |
What's bad about having extracurricular activities? it is all fun!
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| The only kids I see working are the ones who have to help their parents. Sometimes I feel sorry for them |
Bleeding heart :)
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| but sometimes I question who is the luckier one, because they get all the experience that most kids don't. |
Bleeding right! |
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| #20 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 16:03 pm What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| Most kids here do not even have time for fun. They are always busy with extra curricular activities. |
What's bad about having extracurricular activities? it is all fun!
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Hmm...you are such a dork. :roll:
(Just kidding! Even if you were a dork, you'd be a cool one. :lol: ) |
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NinaZara
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| #21 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 17:00 pm What is the main thing you learned on your first job? |
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| Most kids here do not even have time for fun. They are always busy with extra curricular activities. |
What's bad about having extracurricular activities? it is all fun!
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Hmm...you are such a dork. :roll:
(Just kidding! Even if you were a dork, you'd be a cool one. :lol: ) |
What an accusatory tone!
You are such an accuser :lol:
(Just kidding! Even if you were an accuser, you'd be a cool one. :lol: ) |
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