Posted by used2b on April 8, 2005, at 13:18:36
In reply to Re: Can't afford the maintenance » used2b, posted by Spoc on April 8, 2005, at 12:24:00
> > Let's just stipulate that I am not likely to attend law school, pass a bar exam and begin practicing law.
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> Fine, but then you can't state that there isn't a market for you either.
>Yes, I can. And I can state that I will not likely be an astronaut, the President of the United States or the Pope. One need not deploy a product or service to determine the likely marketability of a concept. My knowledge of my age, income history, academic history, professional history and law practice in general is sufficient to tell me there i am not likely to develop a market with the resources available to me. A career counselor with access to my resume would reach the same conclusions.
> Ahh, few of us receive the luxury of being directed to what is right for us.
>Not by way of complaint, but yes, certain groups do enjoy career tracks that lead toward rewarding outcomes, thanks to adequate capitalization and abundant guidance.
> > ...looking for work at a law firm because it seems to fit my personality would be about as likely to improve my lot as would chasing a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
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> Don't agree or find that to be sound reasoning, but that is also fine, wasn't here to change your mind about anything, nor to justify myself.
Well, it might satisfy you if I went looking for a job at a law firm, but I see no potential benefit in pursuing such a track merely because someone on the internet said, based on very little knowledge of my abilities, that i might fit in there or somewhere else.
>My input was only to attempt to compliment you. And yes I'm done with that now.
>Fine, then. But I already know my valuable assets. No, I have not approached every living person on Earth today and explored how my life might be valuable to them. Systematically, I have found what I represent about my lack of acceptance in capitalist culture to be true. I'm not going to tell you enough about myself to allow you to understand, and I'm not going to affirm an uninformed argument contrary to my experience. I will not entertain a notion that some linguistic psychological magic can effectively probe and amend the reasons my professional skills are underappreciated. I've recognized it in my life over many years and that's that.
> So how about a bunch of smileys and (((hugs))) then. ;-)No, and no kisses, hand holding or general bonding, either. It might all be real to you but it is all pretense to me.
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