[email protected] writes:
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>My concern was not with
>the community taking reasonable precautions to protect its citizens and
>its
>corporate self. I feel that what information was sought was far beyond
>anything necessary to determine my qualifications. In fact, I have been
>asked to grant virtually unrestricted access to personal information,
>much
>of it completely irrevelant to the job. I was also asked to waive my
>rights
>seek redress if the information was mishandled. I doubt that the form is
>"typical." If it is, we're just that much closer to a police state.
Unfortunately, Bob, it is much too common. My own son was handed such a
form to work for a temporary agency that contracts with a major employer
in our area. Those "temporary" contracts lasted 23 months, and he had
worked for them before, had just had his "rest" of 60 days before starting
the new contract. That release of liability (in 1997) gave them immunity
from literally anything they might say about him or his work, regardless
of whether it had any factual basis, or any basis for that matter. My
first question was why did he need to sign anything; he had been employed
by them for nearly two years just 7 weeks before. A criminal check for
everyone I can see, but not the invasion of bank records, tax returns,
interviews with individuals, etc.
People are not aware of the extent of this because most do *not* fully
read what they are signing, and, often when they do read it, do not
comprehend what it says and can mean.
BTW, congrats on reading *and* understanding!
Glenna
"Knothead" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >BTW, congrats on reading *and* understanding!
>
> >Glenna
>
> Hmm comprehension thats a novel thought. Rumor has it thats not taught in
> the grades any more. I think it was replaced with phoenetics.
>
>
You're about 180 out of phase with that. Phonics is coming back in after a
desperate last-ditch effort by the whole-hearted whole-language
whole-learning types, precisely because it did not teach reading.
Of course, as is obvious from the postings here, comprehension is a personal
thing - like truth. The words are still words, however.
"George" <george@least> wrote in message
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> "Knothead" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> >BTW, congrats on reading *and* understanding!
>>
>> >Glenna
>>
>> Hmm comprehension thats a novel thought. Rumor has it thats not taught in
>> the grades any more. I think it was replaced with phoenetics.
>>
>>
>
> You're about 180 out of phase with that. Phonics is coming back in after
> a
> desperate last-ditch effort by the whole-hearted whole-language
> whole-learning types, precisely because it did not teach reading.
>
> Of course, as is obvious from the postings here, comprehension is a
> personal
> thing - like truth. The words are still words, however.
George:
Nice.
Bob
History is, at best, but fiction agreed upon
J.D.B. DeBow, in DeBow's Review Dec. 1860
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>
Knothead wrote:
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>>BTW, congrats on reading *and* understanding!
>
>>Glenna
>
> Hmm comprehension thats a novel thought. Rumor has it thats not taught in
> the grades any more. I think it was replaced with phoenetics.
"phonics" not "phonetics" and anybody who can't understand what he reads
using phonics can't understand spoken English either.
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 05:44:28 -0600, "Knothead"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>BTW, congrats on reading *and* understanding!
>
>>Glenna
>
>Hmm comprehension thats a novel thought. Rumor has it thats not taught in
>the grades any more. I think it was replaced with phoenetics.
>
Hmmm, reasonably well-written sentences:now that's a novel
thought....