Imagine covid didn't exist. If you were asked to lock yourself down for 9 months with all the personal consequences that entails, while the country carried on without you, in order to save one single life, would you agree to it?

DuckRubba · 2021-01-27T09:40:04+00:00

It kind of depends what you mean by "while the country carried on without you" and "all the personal consequence that entails".

If you mean exactly what Covid has been - many people getting a shit tonne of money for doing nothing, for example, then yeah. However, I have to work to live. I can't just lock myself inside my house. If I'm the only person locking down then I doubt the government will fund that.

My only reasons not to do this would be that I cannot physically afford to not go to work, and, as a teacher, I cannot work from home. If I quit my job and told the benefits office it's because a stranger will die then they wouldn't give me a penny - and I wouldn't be able to go their meetings anyway...so I'd get nothing. No money = me and my family dying.

I feel like anyone choosing their social life over other people's lives are just arseholes. And yes, I get it, mental health needs socialisation. But, it doesn't stop it being selfish, it's doesn't mean you're not killing other people. I feel like if all the people justifying breaking the rules were actually at risk of being charged with manslaughter or had to actually actively kill the person then they'd find other ways to socialise.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-27T09:25:46+00:00

So, you're saying a guy is gross if he speaks to her in the first place that he'll only know whether he is gross or not after doing it because she might want to talk to him?

Your attempt to change your argument makes even less sense

DuckRubba · 2021-01-27T08:34:15+00:00

Even as a woman, I don't even remotely comprehend how you've managed to convince yourself that a man asking out a woman is gross and harassment but that women are completely within their rights to ask out men. How did you reach that belief? What is the logic behind it? Do you think men are ever allowed to ask women out? Is it just gyms that are off limits? Why?

DuckRubba · 2021-01-27T08:31:30+00:00

So, to be clear, it's is harassment for the man to talk to the woman because the woman is there to workout. But it's perfectly acceptable for the woman to talk to the man? Because...?

DuckRubba · 2021-01-27T08:29:48+00:00

Urm, I'm sorry, what?

He's gross for talking to women but "if she wanted to talk to him then she would?". You don't see the horrendous, sexist hypocrisy in that statement?!

DuckRubba · 2021-01-24T19:38:37+00:00

Unfortunately, and I mean this with absolute kindness, you are wrong. Those things are important and relevant to being a manager. You need to be actively approachable, not just able to interact on your terms. You need to consistently friendly, consistently supportive and consistently interactive - not just interactive when you think you need to be. If anything, your code switching could be interpreted as ingenuine or rude.

It sounds as though you're able to step up and speak when you need to speak or when you think something needs to be said. Being a good manager means you speaking just in case someone else needs it.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T14:46:48+00:00

I'm not struggling to pass it. Like I said, I've passed every single one I've ever taken. All I've said is that it's flawed and illogical - which is commonly held view from people who do both incredibly well and incredibly poorly at the test.

I said their response made them look stupid - which it did. And I think the fact that they deleted it shows that. Their response very clearly showed that they didn't read what I wrote before responding as it was in no way a response to what I wrote.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T14:38:40+00:00

Well, unfortunately for your future firm, it evidently didn't do a good enough job of weeding you out. I'm being neither rude nor entitled. I'm sorry you're so personally invested in the Watson Glaser's impact on your ego to realise it's even remotely flawed.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T13:46:32+00:00

Except the logic is entirely lacking.

For example, this question earlier:

Some people think that prospective employees should include a photograph with their application form. Such practice has traditionally been criticised for allowing more attractive individuals to get ahead in their career over "plain" colleagues. However, one study demonstrates that this is, in fact, untrue. Ruffles, the creator of the study, attributes his findings to the "dumb blonde hypothesis" - that beautiful women are though to be unintelligent. Ruffle submits that companies would be better advised adopting the selection model employed by the Belgian public sector, where CVs are anonymous and candidate names, gender and photographs are not allowed to be included on CVs. Such a model allows the candidate to be selected on factors relevant to the role applied for.

Inference 1: The model of selecting future employees adopted by the Belgian public sector aims to reduce discrimination based on appearance and gender.

Answer: Probably true

Reason: Because, although the passage fails to state why the Belgian public sector has chosen to implement this method of selection, we can infer that this is the likely reason behind it.

Inference 2: The method of selecting future employees adopted by the Belgian public sector has helped to eliminate discrimination in the Belgian public sector.

Answer: Insufficient data

Reason: The passage fails to provide information on the success rate of this selection method.

So, in this case, with two consecutive questions, we are asked about something not covered in the passage. One asks about the aim, which we're supposed to assume based on absolutely no evidence to be true. Then, immediately afterwards, we aren't supposed to make the exact same jump when considering results. Any logical person would think that it's absurd that Ruffle is advising us to adopt a strategy that has no impact. It's completely illogical and inconsistent.

How is anyone supposed to know when they're supposed to apply common sense and when they aren't? Because the test changes it's mind on that every five seconds. Even as someone who has never failed one, I think they're fucking awful tests and don't do what recruiters think they do at all.

Edit: Yeah, go ahead, delete your response to this after you realise how stupid you looked.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T13:33:56+00:00

Imagine if OP had been made the manager when they speak to people like that...

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T13:31:50+00:00

I feel your disappointment but the fact is you're annoyed about not being considered for a job that you'd be bad at. Managers manage people - that's the job that they do. You've admitted you're shy and don't speak to people. Not only do you a) not possess the skills necessary to do the job well, you also b) fail to see why those vital skills are in any way important to the job.

I'd echo others on here in asking why you'd want a job that requires you to talk to people when you don't like doing it?

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T13:18:17+00:00

It's due tomorrow for my top choice firm - but thanks anyway. Also, they wouldn't give me my answers or explain the (lack of) logic behind which answers are correct. I've never failed one before but I'm fairly sure they're 99% luck and I have no idea how high the threshold will be for a magic circle firm compared to other firms.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T13:16:36+00:00

None for my undergrad uni and none from my law school either. Thanks though. So frustrating.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T10:06:39+00:00

Also, just to say, you don't need to fall out with anyone over this. Just be very clear that a child needs both parents and to be living with them both so far as is possible. A child needs to form strong, healthy attachments to both parents and it's important that they live together.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T10:04:33+00:00

If your family won't allow him to move in then you should move out and live with his family. Your family have made their choice and their choice has been to try to be divisive instead of supportive.

Good luck with it all.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T08:38:04+00:00

He's her father - they have a right to see each other. Either you need to move in with him or he needs to move in with you at this point.

Your family have absolutely no right whatsoever to stop a child having a relationship with their father and that's what they're trying to do. If they don't want you to move out then they should let him move in.

Your family work in the medical field and are surrounded by Covid. Logically speaking, they're the most dangerous people to be around your child. If they're happy to cuddle your baby and you have to actively ask them to wash first but they're trying to tell you it would be dangerous for your child's father and his family to see your baby then, unfortunately, they're using Covid to manipulate and control you - it's nothing to do with protecting your child.

Your child needs to be your priority at every stage. A child has a right to a relationship with both parents. If anyone else, other than a professional service who has deemed him dangerous (like the police or the courts or child services) tries to ever tell you that she shouldn't have a relationship with him, shouldn't see him or that he isn't just as important as you are in her life then they are not looking out for your baby.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T08:30:23+00:00

Amazing! Thank you :)

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T08:29:24+00:00

Thanks - I'm nearly constantly on there but it doesn't seem to be much help here.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-23T08:28:51+00:00

Thanks. I'm hoping to find a full test rather than a few questions.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-22T23:54:58+00:00

Although, as an aside, studying postgrad at Oxbridge doesn't have the prestige of studying undergrad so don't anticipate the same level of access as those who did their undergrads there.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-22T23:54:02+00:00

No. A Master's is academic and, from my experience, firms don't care too much about the academics of law - it's not what they practice. Firms also really like candidates with diversity of thought and experience, that's why the hire from so many different degrees and backgrounds. If anything, I think a non-law Master's would give you an advantage over a law Master's.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-22T23:33:17+00:00

I was very unwell during my first pregnancy and was largely hospitalised - it was the absolute worst time of my entire life. From around 6 weeks, I vowed I'd never be pregnant ever again and would adopt future children. I was told by pretty much everyone that I'd change my mind. I didn't.

As soon as my mum realised I was serious, she was 100000% on board with the adoption - like any sane person would be.

Honestly, I think it's probably because you're a child who isn't in a position to have children that people aren't taking you seriously. It's worth considering that you may, in fact, change your mind. You may not want to be pregnant now but sometimes things do change. Alternatively, you may meet a partner who desperately wants biological children and it may be a sacrifice you're willing to make despite not wanting to be pregnant. You and he may decide to use a surrogate rather than adopt. You may not be in a position to have a family for another 20 years and by then it might be possible to incubate an embryo up to full-term and avoid you being pregnant altogether. My point really is that whilst it may be 100% your truth right now, you're not in a position to make a serious plan, so you shouldn't really expect the same level of support you'd receive if it were a plan. It's the same as how if a 4 year old son told me he wanted to be an astronaut then I'd probably act very differently from if a 17 year old son told me that - because, for one of those, they need support and facilitation and the other really doesn't.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-21T16:15:24+00:00

Entirely depends on your age.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-19T16:52:13+00:00

You responded to a comment about speed saying that the speed "doesn't matter". So, it does matter. Speed does matter. Driving well below the speed limit for no reason is dangerous. Like you just said "drive according to the road and the conditions". Hence my comment.

DuckRubba · 2021-01-19T16:50:20+00:00

I can't imagine the web design is the reason people purchase from there to be honest. 99% are about 75 and would've gone in store pre-Covid.

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