Things Dems Shouldn't Attack On

[bigscary]

Plenty of people take six years and five institutions in three states to finish their bachelor's degree. Lifetime and nontraditional learning is an excellent alternative to the traditional four-years-and-out system.

Plenty of people worry about what their kids read and try to censor any libraries they control, And of course, wouldn't YOU fire anyone who didn't support you "in their heart" from a government job if YOU were elected?

Plenty of people view working with churches to help recently laid-off workers rebuild their lives with venomous disdain.

Plenty of people have helped run 527's for Ted Stevens.

Plenty of people had their first political experiences supporting apologists for the Nazis.

Plenty of people believe that they are given missions from God to build massive corporate giveaways.

Plenty of people believe their state should secede from the Union.

Comments

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

The median American is not running for VP.

[shell524.livejournal.com]

And if she has a degree at all, no matter how arduous obtaining it was, she is better educated than the median American.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

No, but he'll vote for her if we insist on insult him, though.

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm just bitter, because I can't the job I want because I went to a "bad" law school.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Obviously, you should be running for Vice President.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Cordozo is "bad"? When it comes to IP?

Well ... Credentialism is a bitch for everybody, man. No one should be judged for life on where they went to school in their 20s.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

The shouldn't, but they are. Job search / hiring processes rarely-if-ever have the ability to test actual job skills and can only test knowledge in the most casual (and least reliable) of ways: personal interviews. That leaves your resume as their best judging point. And be judged on it, you will.

(If I ever apply for a job and, rather than 14 personal interviews, they have one group interview, a written exam, and a series of practical exams; whether they hire me or not, I will forever admire and support that company. Because that would be brilliant.)

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

But we are, and we do, and the Republican high stakes testing program judges children where they went to school in their pre-teens.