Word: jobses
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But behind those impressive numbers lies a social revolution more profound than any ever seen in the Western world. Hundreds of millions of people once anchored by the certainties of guaranteed jobs and social services for life are now being cast adrift to fend for themselves in the turbulent waters...
To be a journalist in a free society, suggested Kovach, is to have "one of the most important jobs that a person can do in this world."
I suspect that one of the most influential parts of the summertime for most of us was our sudden submersion in the real world. By using this loaded term, I am not referring to the current MTV hit, although I am not sure that torrid romances and too much alcohol...
Specifically, the real world entails real jobs and real concerns but mainly it means learning how to interact with real people.
"I wrote endless letters trying to get jobs at various history departments but no one would give me a tumble," she says. She ended up teaching history at Bryn Mawr.