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Your knowledge, persoective, and experience are valuable. Overall I appreciate this comment. But condescending to someone who disagreed with you is uncalled for
by exolymph 9y ago
Your knowledge, persoective, and experience are valuable. Overall I appreciate this comment. But condescending to someone who disagreed with you is uncalled for and detracts from the rest of what you're saying.
- chrinic726 9y ago> But condescending to someone who disagreed with you is uncalled for and detracts from the rest of what you're saying. No it is not. We must discourage uneducated college graduates from casting their incorrect understanding of the world to the greater public. Since when does taking a semester class make you qualified to solve homelessness? Because simply talking about it makes you feel better? This is the problem with 20-25 year olds these days (note: I am in this age group).
- Mz 9y agoI'm 52, not 25. That class involved an internship at a homeless center. I did additional volunteer work there after my internship ended. I have been homeless for 5.5 years and I run at least two pertinent websites. I took that class because I was pursuing a BS in Environmental Resource Management with a concentration in Housing. It was intended as preparation for a Masters in Urban Planning. I was studying in earnest to make a career of solving housing issues. I also have an Certificate in GIS, the equivalent of master's level work. Contempt and condescension don't belong on Hacker News.