Respect and knowledge are two different things. What they did to me was discrimination. Just because I'm younger doesn't mean that I have to do more work to get a job than tbose who are older.
I tried to apply several times as a computer service technician at a computer store, Micro Center. I began working as a Computer Service Technician when I was only 15 years old. But since I was only 15 years old, they doubted that I knew enough or had enough experience about computers to work there. They gave me a total of 4 tests before I was hired, one written and 3 oral. But what really made me mad was when I found out that all the other people only had to take 2 tests, one written and the other oral. Business, should realize that the computer industry has revolutionized the concept of relating experience with age, but instead should now corelate experience with knowledge.
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Respect and knowledge are two different things. What they did to me was discrimination. Just because I'm younger doesn't mean that I have to do more work to get a job than tbose who are older.
I tried to apply several times as a computer service technician at a computer store, Micro Center. I began working as a Computer Service Technician when I was only 15 years old. But since I was only 15 years old, they doubted that I knew enough or had enough experience about computers to work there. They gave me a total of 4 tests before I was hired, one written and 3 oral. But what really made me mad was when I found out that all the other people only had to take 2 tests, one written and the other oral. Business, should realize that the computer industry has revolutionized the concept of relating experience with age, but instead should now corelate experience with knowledge.