""" Especially, students with limited home Internet access and computer literacy skills have found it increasingly difficult to find, apply for and obtain jobs, even at minimum-wage positions. More than 80% of Fortune 500 companies require online job applications, and national chains like Foot Locker don’t even allow potential employees to apply in person. FAFSA documents used to obtain student aid are much easier to fill out online, and are some colleges won’t accept them in print. “If you don’t have [Internet] access at home, I’m not going to give you this assignment because it’s not fair to you,” Warzala explained. “But if I don’t give you this assignment, you’re never going to know that skill. Then you can’t get a work force job where you need to use a computer because you don’t know how to use Microsoft Word, which is an assumed skill at this point.” She paused. “It’s a cycle.” School work comes secondary. “If I give an assignment that I say has to be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font, and they throw it in my face and say, ‘I’m not doing it,’” Warzala asked, “are they being defiant or are they afraid because they don’t know how to use a computer?” """
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:40:22 +0000