anne1707 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Nobody has said you are not capable of admin work Leigh. What people have advised you to do however is to slow down a bit, to do things like spell check (just as your ex suggested), to consider what you are posting and maybe re-read (just as the guy at the bank suggested re the tests), to not pick on something to do without really thinking it through (again as said by the bank). You need to consider how letting all your thoughts out could actually result in saying something people find insulting (as you have done repeatedly here). You also need to properly read what others have posted and respond to that, not to what you think they said. That will also be of great benefit to you in studies and work - for example, if doing an exam you need to answer the question actually being asked and under pressure you may miss that. We all want you to do well but you need to apply yourself consistently over time to do that, just like the rest of us. We are not saying you should do anything different to the rest of us in how you work for career. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Author Leigh 87 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Nobody has said you are not capable of admin work Leigh. What people have advised you to do however is to slow down a bit, to do things like spell check (just as your ex suggested), to consider what you are posting and maybe re-read (just as the guy at the bank suggested re the tests), to not pick on something to do without really thinking it through (again as said by the bank). You need to consider how letting all your thoughts out could actually result in saying something people find insulting (as you have done repeatedly here). You also need to properly read what others have posted and respond to that, not to what you think they said. That will also be of great benefit to you in studies and work - for example, if doing an exam you need to answer the question actually being asked and under pressure you may miss that. We all want you to do well but you need to apply yourself consistently over time to do that, just like the rest of us. We are not saying you should do anything different to the rest of us in how you work for career. Look I am really not supposed to be on here after tonight but I will answer you because you are one of the nice and normal people on here. People have said: - my grammar is atrocious. Meaning - people with "atrocious" grammar are bellow average and fundamentally cannot get into admin roles because they clearly missed out on the foundations of grammar. - my grammar is too below average to get into admin. Meaning I should go and 'get more educated" in order to get a basic admin role. Very insulting. - that I have belittled a degree when I simply said it was not as academically rigorous as a SURGERY degree like veterinary science, of which I would know about since I have friends doing it/also doing social science. - have taken offense to things I didn't even say. Saying pharmacy is more rigorous than social science is just an opinion. I never said there was anything lowly about ANY one degree. I commented on the level of difficulty. Many people in my life have said the same thing about hard degrees versus less strenuous degrees. They weren't looking down on easier degrees. They all agree veterinary science grads and pharmacy grads deserve more MONEY than a social science grad. So yeah I really don't appreciate people telling me I am well bellow average in my written communication. BELOW AVERAGE is even you cannot distinguish between there/their and they're or too/to. Link to post Share on other sites
GemmaUK Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 If you take nothing from here then take the comments from your friend and the feedback from the bank and roll with it. Your friend said that you don't check spelling and grammar. The bank said you didn't read the questions properly so got them wrong. Both of these are really simple habits to learn and they can be used in any form of written communication. I always proof read any texts I send, any posts I write (I made a mess of one last night and cringed badly when I saw it today!), any letters or emails I write. If I make a typo at work I can be sure my boss will spot it and call me out on it. I think you can do admin for the record and never said I think you couldn't. As you said yourself though you could do with brushing up - it can start from the next text you send, next time you mail a friend, next time you post on the other forums you are a member of. It's an action you can actively take now and will stand you in better stead for anything you choose to do in future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
todreaminblue Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 good luck leigh ...i wish you well.....deb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
anne1707 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) See here we go again. Nobody has said you are below average or lack intelligence. They have said that you need to take more care in your typing by proof reading and spell checking. Your post just now would have benefitted from that. Stop reading things into posts that are just not there. As for saying things that are offensive or just letting all your thoughts pour out, you have just done that again Edit: joys of proof reading. Just spotted two typos in my post Edited August 30, 2014 by a LoveShack.org Moderator 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Mascara Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 . And clearly you don't believe I will ever amount to anything or ever get a degree. Such negativity towards a person you don't even know. Oh I believe you're intellectually CAPABLE of getting a degree. But I don't think you will while you're still undecided about what you want to spend the next 40 years doing. And despite your current passion for podiatry, I don't think it's something you'll end up doing. That's not a bad thing. I flitted between several careers at your age. My beef is with your continual disparaging of anything that doesn't fit your way. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Leigh 87 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Oh I believe you're intellectually CAPABLE of getting a degree. But I don't think you will while you're still undecided about what you want to spend the next 40 years doing. And despite your current passion for podiatry, I don't think it's something you'll end up doing. That's not a bad thing. I flitted between several careers at your age. My beef is with your continual disparaging of anything that doesn't fit your way. Well I feel very driven by podiatry, have shadowed a podiatrist and I am a member of the podiatry community online and live and breath podiatry atm. I was never this interested in my prior degrees nor did I do much research about them. I start next year. If I don't like podiatry, first year health science subjects are all the same and I would be able to transfer into another field if I HATED podiatry. I could transfer into: medical imaging, physiotherapy, oral health, occupational therapy, to name but a few. A course adviser told us all op open day that year one can be transferred into another degree in the allied health field. I KNOW I want to do something medical, and to do with helping people overcome health problems. It is why I did dietetics and food science in 2011. I regret it every day that I dropped out of that degree and tried others. Because I loved the biomedical based first year. Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 another of the thread starters threads closed, thanks all who participated 5 Link to post Share on other sites
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