Originally Posted by cdfox
I would classify social aspects under 'soft' skills, though that doesn't necessarily carry over into 'job ready' skills.

I agree. Those "job ready" skills include showing up on time and getting stuff done on time. Too many young people don't learn these skills these days. Those jobs at burger joints and the like have a real way of teaching those skills while still not asking a whole lot of the employee otherwise.


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I agree with you HowlerKarma, but I don't think it's necessarily an issue of not being taught or appreciating critical thinking or problem solving. To me, it's a much, much larger problem of autonomy, motivation, and learning that stems from how public/private schools are structured and operate.

I think the home environment is also very, very important in this regard.

Last edited by Val; 06/19/13 11:20 AM. Reason: typo