Those who protect and serve are my heros.
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Who is your hero?
by HintOfLime 23 Replies latest social entertainment
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trevor
Paul Newman always was and always will be my hero.
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poppers
I can't say I ever had a hero - strange. There was a neigborhood kid that was 6 years older than me that I looked up to when I was growing up, but I never thought of him as a hero.
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JonathanH
@ lime
It's great that you value a person's thriftyness over a big expensive education, but for the majority of employers "knows how to use google" isn't half as impressive as "Has a degree in economics and accounting" or "got a 4.0 GPA getting my B.S.". Believe you me, I'm just now starting school and I tried the approach of "I can learn fast, and know how to use the internet, and know how to use these programs", didn't do jack shit.
I don't believe that a college education is necessary to being able to do a good job, and it's not a sign of a good work ethic or intelligence, but there is a reason that people with college educations make more money than people without. And a big part of that is employers don't hire people without college educations unless it's a menial job. When an employer gets 100 applications, they are going to filter right through most of them by seeing who has experience, and who has education, and people that say "I can use google" are going straight into the circular filing bin under the desk. It's great that you don't care about a college education, or training, maybe you can give some hard working upstart a career, but for most people that expensive training is necessary just to get their foot in the door.
I do agree that the age of reality TV and the internet have made a great deal of youth grossly overconfident. Simply "being you" is not enough. There are too many dufuses that think they will make millions because they are so smart, clever, and talented while they are making B's in high school, and spending five hours a day on face book. An age of celebrity celebrities, people that offer nothing to society but strike it rich anyway, too many people assume that's all it takes, and they should be rich and successful too. And then they go on to resent people that actually have expectations of them, or for actually wanting them to work, or be a benefit to a company. Reality will be a harsh mistress for those that grew up thinking this way.
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corpusdei
That I've met? Probably my grandfather. That was the hardest man I've ever known. Just as an example, one time he took my brother and I, I must have been 13 or 14, to Tallulah Gorge on a day trip and we started looking around for places to hike down to the one of the areas that's more off the map, so there wouldn't be as many people around and we could enjoy it a bit more. Now keep in mind this man was 87 at the time. After somewhat intentionally missing several "No hiking beyong this point" signs posted here and there, we find an out of the way spot and start making our way down. Now this was not a gentle path, it was more a deer trail and there were several points where we were hanging onto trees to keep from sliding down the incline. We finally get down to the bottom and we're poking around and having a good old time, when one of the park rangers walks out of the bush and calls us over. Apparently that sign we ... um ... somehow missed ... yea ... was essentially a no tresspassing sign.
Mr. Park Ranger informed us that the area we were in was off limits due to safety issues, that by being there we could be arrested for tresspasing on federal property, and how, pray tell, did we get down without seeing the multiple signs posted? After describing where we were parked and what path we had taken, the Ranger takes off his hat, scratches his head a bit, looks up at where we had come from, looks back down at my grandfather and asks him "Sir, may I ask how old you are?" My grandad tells him and the Ranger chuckled for a minute before telling us "I don't think I could have made that path, and I sure hope I'm half as fit as you are when I get to be that age." then escorts us up a somewhat easier trail back to the car and tells us to be on our way. It was at that point, where I realized that my 87 year old grandfather has just hiked us down to commit federal tresspass, a path that a Park Ranger considered too difficult for himself, simply because he thought it might be nice, and then somehow managed to not get us arrested when we got busted - that was the point where I started holding that man in awe.
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maryann
Hmmm, I find Gordon Ramsay offensive .... too in-your-face.... the lines on his forehead tell it all. I find the TV is full of people trying to tell everyone how to live life. Oprah I don't mind because she does it in a way that lifts everyones spirits at the same time. Those that have to yell, well ... they haven't a clue. I've got enough stress in life, when I choose what to watch for entertainment, I look for something that relieves that, makes me laugh and makes me feel better about life, not worse.
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JonathanH
As for my actual heros. People like Socrates and Galileo who refused to deny reason and wisdom even in the face of absolute authority that demanded that they do so. Ghandi for showing that the world and society can be moved without having to fire a gun, and the strength it took to hold fast to such values in the face of so much pain. People like Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine for being fierce intellectuals that fought for people's right to be intellectually free. And in modern times people like Neil Degrasse Tyson, Jerry Coyne, and Sam Harris who try to communicate the marvels of our world to us while striving to show people the benefits of reason and science.
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JustHuman14
Frederick Franz
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corpusdei
I can only really speak for myself, but when I've been the interviewer for a specialized or general technical position I absolutely look for some sort of evidence of a skillset or technical competency - whether that's a degree or a technical certification. I personally put more weight on a technical certification that the person got on their own through self-sudy vs. a degree or certification that came through a formal class. I consider that stronger evidence of personal motivation, organization and dedication. With that in mind, though, I did end up hiring one fellow even though he had no formal education, certification, or relevant job experience. What he did have was a fairly impressive home server network that he had built himself, mainly just to learn how. We ended up hiring him because even without relevant professional experience, he had the basic technical skillset and a proven drive to improve it.
There's always exceptions, but I think that in the technical field the skills and ability to learn are more important than the degree itself. What the degree does prove is that a person should have the skills, and they've shown the discipline to earn it, but if they can't demonstrate that to a prospective employer, it's very likely that the job might go to the person without a degree who can.
Just my two cents.