tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6618777607922904583..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Misalignment"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-63125497088187208572013-03-19T22:50:50.894+00:002013-03-19T22:50:50.894+00:00"I would assume that people today are no more..."I would assume that people today are no more or less realistic than they ever were."<br /><br />So would I, but if you are a conslutant being paid money to do a "survey", I suppose that doesn't wash.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1070437912851338522013-03-19T21:57:42.427+00:002013-03-19T21:57:42.427+00:00B, Elvis used to be a lorry driver!
So what it bo...B, Elvis used to be a lorry driver!<br /><br />So what it boils down to is, are people nowadays realistic enough to stop "chasing their dream" once they realise that it ain't happening and get a proper job? I would assume that people today are no more or less realistic than they ever were. <br /><br />You can always do a day job and play in a rock band at weekends, set up a blog, do am-dram, join a local Sunday League team etc.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14691798844048606672013-03-19T21:30:18.563+00:002013-03-19T21:30:18.563+00:00As you've pointed out, dreaming of being a For...As you've pointed out, dreaming of being a Formula One Racing driver and ending doing a sensible job are not mutually exclusive, nor did I say that 90% of teenagers were swayed by "yoof culcha", merely that the 90% are wanting to do something that interests them. Sure, a lot are interested in media sort of jobs, but a fair chunk of that 90% are also interested in things like engineering, farming, catering and other useful things like that. They're just not thinking "I'm going to go for a lorry drivers, job, even though I'm bored rigid by the thought of being a lorry driver, because that's where I'm most likely to get a job", because they are teenagers and teenagers don't generally think like that (thank God).Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-88176191621436166062013-03-19T20:54:24.388+00:002013-03-19T20:54:24.388+00:00Kj, you can tell them, they won't listen.
Bec...Kj, you can tell them, they won't listen.<br /><br />Because all the celebrities and the media keep putting out the propaganda that "If you work hard enough you can achieve your dream" because the media and celebrities don't want to admit that it was sheer blind luck or family connections which got them their job, they have to pretend it was hard work. <br /><br />B, you generalise. <br /><br />Rather unsurprisingly, most people end up doing a sensible job. To dismiss "90% of teenagers" and "yoof cultcha" is a bit too Daily Mail for me.<br /><br />I'm quite sure that back in the 1950s a lot of youngster dreamed of being the next Elvis, James Dean, Craig Breedlove, Fangio, whatever.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-90642721629004842472013-03-19T20:03:47.457+00:002013-03-19T20:03:47.457+00:00"This "misalignment" could mean lon..."This "misalignment" could mean long-term problems for young people, the report says, because they are making decisions about qualifications and subjects with little awareness of the jobs market ahead of them"<br /><br />It says a lot about the so-called "survey", presumably a box-ticking exercise, that they could talk to 11,000 teenagers and have no idea how teenagers think. AFAICS, 90% of teenagers aren't interested in looking to see where they can most likely get a job, they are looking to get a job in something that they are interested in and, thanks to modern yoof culcha not many are interested in the hospitality trade or lorry driving.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-6941011603089045142013-03-19T19:02:40.300+00:002013-03-19T19:02:40.300+00:00if you fail to break into the hallowed ranks of po...<i>if you fail to break into the hallowed ranks of pop stars, TV presenters, Premier League footballers etc despite your best efforts, then fair enough, you apply for a job in a shop or a café or a warehouse and work your way up</i><br /><br />Only that there is a growing subset of the population, mostly middle-class kids, that won't accept not achieving their late teen dreams, and actually end up clinically depressed when failing. So on the way, it's probably wise that someone actually tells them it may not actually happen that you will become a successfull photographer/journalist/talking head or whatever.Kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530243002915410700noreply@blogger.com