[lbo-talk] job satisfaction

[Carrol Cox]

My objection is to the _demand_ that a college teach human relations. I
don't deny that many if not most students learn a hell of a lot more in
college than what the college teaches in its curriculum. That is fine.
And probably some students _do_ learn how to put on a condom quickly!
But I am in general getting pissed off at all the bellyaching about
capitalism this or that feature of capitalism -- which usually ends up
in dividing humanity into two groups, one of which is suprior to the
other. And that gives me a pain in the ass.

Carrol

Jordan Hayes wrote:
> 
> Carrol asks:
> 
> > And are you implying that college _should_ teach people
> > how to work with others? Absurd.
> 
> If you attend college and you don't see that the people around you who
> are doing the best are those who have joined forces in collaboration,
> you've wasted everyone's time.  As for Joanna's quip from the hapless
> programmer, when I was at UCB there was always a huge emphasis on shared
> work in labs, etc.  Many of the assignments were designed specifically
> to force collaborative work: there simply wasn't enough time to do the
> whole project by yourself.
> 
> Those in my industry who "never learned this" are passing the buck from
> their own inadequacy.  I hardly think it's limited to one occupation:
> most people suck at what they do.
> 
> /jordan
> 
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