Resumes say the darnest things

Um, that is wild.
She (I guess that is evidenced elsewhere) might work into a good hand. But, She should be watched careful....I no some gud feeld hands, that caint speel worf a durned!

She made the President's Lust - that should count for something ...

lmbrls, post: 385387, member: 6823 wrote: This young lady needs to check her spell check.

and grammar.

Nate, that's because you are growing your own. They can't spell Fifth Grade words until they have been exposed to Fifth Grade level of challenges in spelling. As for college educated dimwits, they should have had the improper word usage and poor spelling knocked out of them by the time they graduate, if not before they even were allowed to enter the college world.

Could hardly agree more... Mr Cow. But, I have had some good field hands, that cud not speel too gud.
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No, we aren't in trouble. WE ARE DOOMED!! Overhead this weekend a surveying course in this state is now offering cursive writing courses to surveying students so they can read field notes. I add that to the pile of reasons to support my feelings that there are only so many graduates who really care and have a good work ethic to go around, and I bet us small survey firms can't afford to pay those guys what they will be worth.

[SARCASM]Oh you had to bring up the cursive writing thing. That was my default retirement plan. Hired out as a expert in reading cursive writing by the hour.[/SARCASM]

Holy Cow, post: 385399, member: 50 wrote: Nate, that's because you are growing your own. They can't spell Fifth Grade words until they have been exposed to Fifth Grade level of challenges in spelling. As for college educated dimwits, they should have had the improper word usage and poor spelling knocked out of them by the time they graduate, if not before they even were allowed to enter the college world.

I agree. That kind of grammar, spelling and usage should be taught (and learned) LONG before entering a college classroom.

How is this person a college graduate? She can barely read and write? What a disaster....this is what happens when EVERYONE has to go to college. The degree becomes meaningless. I hate to sound so callous, but someone who has earned a bachelor's degree in anything should at least be able to spell and use grammar properly...

Wait a minute. Are you suggesting that we actually tell students that they don't know everything and that they aren't A+ quality and that whatever they do is PHENOMENAL? We can't do that. We MUST show that our students are the best and brightest by awarding them all an A+ on everything they do. To do otherwise would make our institution look bad, encourage those students to say bad things about us and, most importantly, hurt their feelings. We simply MUST NOT do anything that would injure their self esteem. Are you living in the Dark Ages, man. Jump on board the Success-Is-Everything revolution.

(Where do they keep that sarcasm font I keep hearing about?)

I wouldn't mind a course in reading 19th, and early 20th century cursive (plus earlier possibly) or at least a document with a lot of samples of the various letters. I did a little volunteer work transcribing census and other documents and sometimes had a horrible time trying to interpret the cursive handwriting. The project had some letter samples, but not enough for me.

I was taught cursive in school, but was/am still shaky on the more unusual letters. Now, I would probably write a mix of cursive/print upper case letters if asked for cursive.

lmbrls, post: 385387, member: 6823 wrote: No changes were mad to enhance the entertainment value

I couldn't understand what value that adds.
Spell check only works to check for a misspelling of a word. If you choose the wrong word it's no help there. Some people regularly use the word loose, as opposed to lose.

I got all kinds of cursing lessons... Hard to write it though!
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mkennedy, post: 385472, member: 7183 wrote: I wouldn't mind a course in reading 19th, and early 20th century cursive

I'm not sure how a course would help, as handwriting was an individual then as it is now. The style was even different in different regions, I am guessing based upon how the teacher was taught. I have found that repetition has made reading old deeds and letters easier, but there are still many that I scan and turn into .pdf files so I can enlarge them to decipher a letter.

I know how she graduated....getting on the "President's Lust" and all. It's a good substitute if you can't read or write. (like Warren said)

Nate The Surveyor, post: 385475, member: 291 wrote: I got all kinds of cursing lessons... Hard to write it though

I bet the first time you wrote it, your teacher was very not impressed!!

Warren Smith, post: 385395, member: 9900 wrote: She made the President's Lust - that should count for something ...

Suprising Bill Clinton would have been interested as young as she is. Maybe next year she can make the First Man's Lust.

currently/still working on this nightmare of an apartment build. almost 2 years since i did the initial design topo. go meet the developer's project manager when the scrapers showed up, he was a young dude, way overdressed for the job and the climate, didn't think too much of it. lined him out on the... typical... orders of business going forward. of course, he had other ideas. called almost every day, wouldn't listen to a thing anybody with any experience had to say. got to be a real head-pounding exercise, to the point one day i decided to just google the guy to see what there was to see. his resume popped up on a website all its own. this was the last part of it:

Frequent Viewing
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
Washington Business Journal
ArsTechnica
Calculated Risk Economics
Bloomberg News
Frontline
Documentaries
The Charlie Rose Show

anyways, he's no longer the project manager. we won't be working for his bosses when this project is done, either, as despite them recognizing they gave a young guy way too much rope, and us thoroughly backing up all our billing on the project, they're rather preturbed that the survey budget was blown by like 600%. BUT... they have the tightest apartment complex in the whole area code. i'm sure they care.

Tom Adams, post: 385478, member: 7285 wrote: I know how she graduated....getting on the "President's Lust" and all. It's a good substitute if you can't read or write. (like Warren said)

Tommy Young, post: 385523, member: 703 wrote: Suprising Bill Clinton would have been interested as young as she is. Maybe next year she can make the First Man's Lust.

I think it would be...polite to stop these comments. I doubt anyone here would make similar comments about a man who made the same misspelling.

I sincerely hope she never finds this forum and realizes what people were insinuating about her spelling mistake.