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>>Yes, $5,000 for a course. If that shocks you, well, you probably don't eat
>>caviar either. Or pay $200 bucks for Word, when a 10 cent pencil is
>>cheaper. The point is: would you pay $5,000 for a course which results in
>>a $50,000 job? Of course.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph! You talk as if it was nothing for someone to have 5
grand just sitting in the bank twiddling its thumbs, waiting for an excuse
to be spent. Oh, SUUUURE....Yes, I'd pay $5,000 for a $50,000/year job IF I
HAD THE MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE. And taking one of these expensive and
now-ubiquitous "change your life" seminars is NO guarantee of a high-paying
job.
>>> <<I've learnt a lot about life in the US since I began reading
>> >this group but 4-5 THOUSAND dollars for a 3-day course on
>>> how to find a job! Pull the other leg, it rings a bell.>>
>> >I'm with you. My God. Who has that kind of money? If you do, you surely
>>>don't
>> >need a job, you're independently wealthy.
>>> Ellen Snell Adams
>>> snelladams -at- aol -dot- com
Ellen's 110% right. Man, what planet did YOU grow up on? Was your idea of
hardship when you were growing up to have your manservant require a day's
sick leave? Did you feel horribly deprived that you only had $1,000/week for
an allowance?
Excuse me, but nobody with an attitude like yours can possibly understand
the idea of living hand-to-mouth, or the principle that 5 grand is a sum of
money that for most people takes a LONG time to accumulate.
Get with the program,
PatO'
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