XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:25:02 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $On 05/07/2011 10:55 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $> On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:48:59 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $> in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $>> $On 05/07/2011 7:22 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >> $>> $   
   >> $>> $>>  If you don't have a secure job, you have to make it a   
   >> $>> $>>  priority.  It's called survival.   
   >> $>> $>   
   >> $>> $>  For many, it isn't an option. Other matters and other people   
   >> intervene. $>> $>   
   >> $>> $>  You appear to have a very limited understanding of how   
   >> things are in $>> $>  Canada. Possibly, you have had good fortune,   
   >> and assume that everyone else $>> $>  has the same skills,   
   >> opportunities, and good fortune. They do not. $>> $   
   >> $>> $What a crock of crap.  What have you done to better yourself?   
   >> Evening $>> $courses?  Community college?  Anything?   
   >> $>> $   
   >> $>> $And don't say you took a course in basket weaving.  Hard score,   
   >> science, $>> $trade, investing, accounting....   
   >> $>> $   
   >> $>> $But does sound like you went in over your head.  Time to learn   
   >> how to swim. $>   
   >> $> And in addition to courses, there is a wealth of knowledge   
   >> $> tucked away in books and magazines and audiovisual resources   
   >> $> down at the local library.  The most it will cost in money   
   >> $> might be a small annual membership fee ($12 for the Edmonton   
   >> $> Public Library.)  Commit to reading a non-fiction book a   
   >> $> month on topics that interests you.  E-book or paper--it   
   >> $> doesn't matter.   
   >> $>   
   >> $> If TV is your thing, commit to watching educational   
   >> $> television like PBS or Discoery channel at least one night a   
   >> $> week.   
   >> $   
   >> $You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.   
   >   
   > Aye, that we can.   
   >   
   > Given the wealth of free and low cost resources available in   
   > our society, it is sad that more people don't make more use   
   > of them.   
   >   
   > One of the ways I was lucky growing up is that my parents   
   > encouraged us to read.  Mother took us kids to the library   
   > on a regular basis, and we had shelves of books at home. Not   
   > paperback thrillers, but good books. At a time many kids   
   > were struggling with Dick and Jane and Sally and Spot, I was   
   > reading books like "Born Free".   
      
   I insisted my parents teach me to read when I was  5 years old. By the   
   time I went to school, I was reading the newspaper and comic books. Mother   
   delights in telling that story.   
      
   So what?   
      
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