<p>Sounds like you have impressive book smarts, i.e, the high IQ, but you may be falling a little short in the people skills, what’s called (Emotional Quotient) EQ. I know many people who have tremendous talent, but can’t seem to get along with anybody, and it costs them. Developing people skills is paramount. For starters read the Wiki page.</p>
<p>Then read the book. I personally don’t like the title because it sounds like you’d be trying to pull one over on people, but it’s really a book about opening lines of communication and putting others at ease around you. </p>
<p>Then find things to get involved with and network, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Whether truly a problem or not, I’d try avoiding discussing the ethnic issue around people because it could make them uneasy. Assume the best in people and present yourself with confidence, dignity and a healthy sense of humor. You have to play the cards you were dealt so you might as well learn to play them well.</p>
<p>I think some people misunderstood the point of this thread. I am not saying that I failed at life because there is a lot of racism in America, or that affirmative action killed my chances of being considered for jobs. I’m saying, could it be that I ended up the way I did, precisely because I wasn’t college material and went to college just because of affirmative action?</p>
<p>Moire, you ended up the way you did because you are a fairly pathetic person. You constantly complain about things and don’t do anything about it besides complain more. Stop making stupid threads like this and do something for yourself. You are a prime example of one of those kids in high school who do good but are just not cut for the real world.</p>
<p>No, Moire, you ended up the way you did because you didn’t push yourself to become involved. You didn’t go out a grab a future, so now you find yourself stuck. Go do something productive. If you got a part time job in retail, even, you would start learning how to communicate, how to sell yourself, etc. Don’t blame your lack of initiative on racial and ethnic stereotypes.</p>
<p>Young people newly, or relatively recently, out of college may think that they deserve to be hired at extremely well-paying jobs, just because. You say that you can’t find a job that pays more than $16/hour. Well, that’s not all that bad, for an entry level job in many places. People have to work their way up the ladder in companies, and they have to earn their high salaries. I don’t think you should be “blaming” your lack of job on anything but your apparent desire to start work at a very high paying position. That is what is unreasonable.</p>
<p>Uhm, maybe I shouldn’t say this. But really I am beginning to think someone one day decided to create Moire the fictional character showing why someone with the background that Moire claim to possess shouldn’t go to college. Maybe I am wrong, maybe he is who he says he is. But u know he says he is poor, a minority, than he says he shouldn’t have gone to college. My overactive imagination started to turn on its wheels when I read this thread. Are you dissing people Moire, is that it? If not, sorry I am jumping to conclusions.</p>
<p>Most people looking to hire (particularly in a mathematics-related area) aren’t going to be too concerned with your EC’s. The lack of internships and jobs is big because that’s (funnily enough) how you start out in any industry. It’s far easier to get somewhere quickly by starting early. I think job offers would start to rain down on you if you had a better resume - ie. more internships and previous jobs (even dodgy ones you took during HS and/or college just to earn an extra buck). You can’t expect to just bound out of four years of college with no previous intern or working experience and instantly be earning a load in an awesome job that suits your wants/needs perfectly. You’ve gotta put in the legwork first in any industry, whether you’ve got a degree under you already or not.</p>
<p>And none of this has to do with your race, no matter what it is.</p>
<p>Please, just stop doing this. No one wants to listen to you whine. Go do something about the problems in your life instead of posting about them on CC.</p>
<p>If you read this person’s posts more often you would be saying the same as everyone else. It is obviously a college material person who just can’t cut it in the real world because he/she has been sheltered throughout life and can’t move on.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the time it took for you to put thought into making this thread, someone out there has just filled a position that could’ve been yours had you had enough sense to actually take this forum’s advice.</p>
<p>This poster is a ■■■■■. Read the ops on the threads he started. You can argue as long as you want with him, but you’re not making any difference in his life. You will just provide whoever’s on the other end trying to have fun more material.</p>
<p>This is just a character - there’s nothing about him other than his “3.5 gpa at a top 40 school in a math major” and his “poor people skills and disliked ethnicity.”</p>
<p>I can’t believe you havent gotten offered a job Moire, especially looking at your cheery demeanor. I’d think people would want to be around you in the workplace, because you’re personality is incredible, and would uplift everyone around you.</p>
I can’t believe you havent gotten offered a job Moire, especially looking at your cheery demeanor. I’d think people would want to be around you in the workplace, because you’re personality is incredible, and would uplift everyone around you.
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<p>The internet is my outlet and the personality you see here is not an accurate reflection of the personality I exude in the real world. Granted, I am an introvert and a very quiet person, but it’s unlikely you’d learn much about my real personality just by talking to me for a few minutes.</p>
<p>I don’t think he’s hispanic or black because</p>
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I would guess…something else.</p>
<p>But i say give this guy a break; perhaps it’s because of his attitude but probably not! Sometimes life sucks and it’s fine to whine about it if it helps you</p>
<p>wa wa wah…what do you expect??? you majored in math!!! what the hell did you think you could do with that degree??? also, you yourself admit to being an introvert with poor people skills! that’s 2 strike buddy, and strike 3 is the fact that you ***** and moan about your life when you should be busting your ass to improve it! nothing is going to be handed to you because your such a “smart guy”…go out there and take it!..if you can</p>
<p>oh my god, enough already. i didnt think there were this many ways to complain about life, somehow make yourself better than everyone else (by “settling for a top 40”), and trying to blame your failure on anything but yourself. </p>
<p>your threads arent productive and just consist of your arguing with everyone who responds. if this is really you.. why dont you GET OFF CC AND LOOK FOR A JOB. i know undergrads who are getting paid $15-20/hr so if they can do it so can you. suck it up</p>