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In reply to the discussion: Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining [View all]Coventina
(27,121 posts)90. Thank you!
I trained for a very limited area, I knew I was really rolling the dice about getting a position in my field.
But, I got the degree, put in 8 years of being an adjunct and living on starvation wages, and I finally got a tenure-track position.
If it hadn't worked out, I did have a fallback plan, because I knew full-time faculty positions were scarce as hens' teeth.
Everybody ALWAYS should have a fallback plan. I've never not had one.
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You pegged it. Insightful. And they trust him on the tax {strike}reform{/strike} heist. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2017
#3
Are the descendants of the Bodie miners still waiting for gold mining to come back?
DBoon
Nov 2017
#22
A robot can't get black lung disease, or die from the boss ignoring safety regs...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#143
Yes, exactly. Very cruel of Trump to lie to them. Good leadership would have encouraged
Irish_Dem
Nov 2017
#10
But when you can't follow in the family's footsteps, when those jobs have been gone for the better
Squinch
Nov 2017
#108
"We should cut of safety net aid to any coal miner, who does not accept retraining. "
keithbvadu2
Nov 2017
#18
The nursing and computer programming courses were not to provide low cost mining workers.
Squinch
Nov 2017
#109
Um, this guy deserves it. He's being offered FREE EDUCATION and he sticks his head in the sand.
Coventina
Nov 2017
#35
I spent most of my childhood homeless. That taught me that education is critical to a better life.
Coventina
Nov 2017
#49
Ok, "friend." You go to Wikipedia-lite for your numbers. I prefer a real source:
Squinch
Nov 2017
#106
WTF? No, your wiki source and the Census Bureau numbers I quoted are NOT saying the same thing.
Squinch
Nov 2017
#113
And I find it interesting that once I voiced my suspicions I haven't heard a peep.
Squinch
Nov 2017
#116
The persona is not consistent either. Let's you and me stand over here on the side and
Squinch
Nov 2017
#118
Yes, we need to have empathy for people who have absolutely none of anyone else
Cosmocat
Nov 2017
#94
He will be very upset when some "other person " who took the realistic training gets a job
lunasun
Nov 2017
#25
he probably fears the other person who will take the realistic job more than the unknown
lunasun
Nov 2017
#32
And he'll say that "other person" STOLE his job. And he's being discriminated against.
Squinch
Nov 2017
#84
I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble feeling bad for these people. I went to art school. Everyone
Neema
Nov 2017
#45
Everyone in the world needs to select their profession from the professions that are available
Squinch
Nov 2017
#89
I was once in publishing. I did work that I began to see was not going to continue
Squinch
Nov 2017
#92
Exactly. You nailed it. White men who blame everyone else for their problems.
Coventina
Nov 2017
#93
Maybe it will come back. There still are a lot of naughty people who need coal in their stockings.
Doreen
Nov 2017
#60
Wait!! Get training to make 8 track cartridges,that technology is coming back too!! n/t
Bengus81
Nov 2017
#68