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Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
You did a good job, Iza, expressing your thoughts and feelings about your experiences after moving to Canada. It seems all of them--esp the job situation was a 'catch 22' scene. Your words flow well with great details.
May I suggest ~
in the land of Frozen --- "land of the frozen"
matter that you are not a young lad anymore. After all, nobody pushed you to jump in that transcontinental plain, [ plane ]
and because here you are like a newborn baby! The moment you cross the customs [ cross through customs, ] your odyssey starts without delay.
So, what the hell, [ no comma here ] are you doing here?
Hey, what the heck... is going up [ on ]
and finally(,) but not the last thing on your do-to list, is to find a job.
accounts, 100 passwords, and a huge headache! All the career counselors have told you that after you apply on-line for a job [ it is. . . ] is better to follow up with a phone call.
After listening to your request, they finally agree to [ schedule an interview . . .]have with you an interview via Mr. Phone, and [ is this ] this just to give you false hopes, or just because they need to record in the system that they did their job that day. [ add ? ]
I am a black and white over-educated furry [ furry what? add something here ]
he best person [ delete is ] is lying is the best fit
No time, there is [ isn't time for losers in this world!" ] any time, for losers in this world!"
Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
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You did a good job, Iza, expressing your thoughts and feelings about your experiences after moving to Canada. It seems all of them--esp the job situation was a 'catch 22' scene. Your words flow well with great details.
May I suggest ~
in the land of Frozen --- "land of the frozen"
matter that you are not a young lad anymore. After all, nobody pushed you to jump in that transcontinental plain, [ plane ]
and because here you are like a newborn baby! The moment you cross the customs [ cross through customs, ] your odyssey starts without delay.
So, what the hell, [ no comma here ] are you doing here?
Hey, what the heck... is going up [ on ]
and finally(,) but not the last thing on your do-to list, is to find a job.
accounts, 100 passwords, and a huge headache! All the career counselors have told you that after you apply on-line for a job [ it is. . . ] is better to follow up with a phone call.
After listening to your request, they finally agree to [ schedule an interview . . .]have with you an interview via Mr. Phone, and [ is this ] this just to give you false hopes, or just because they need to record in the system that they did their job that day. [ add ? ]
I am a black and white over-educated furry [ furry what? add something here ]
he best person [ delete is ] is lying is the best fit
No time, there is [ isn't time for losers in this world!" ] any time, for losers in this world!"
Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 02-Mar-2021
Comment from estory
Your piece here speaks of the struggles of immigration, the hardships in navigating a new country with new rules and new customs that you have to get used to. Here it is more about the dreams that you had that have now been compromised by the difficulties in applying for a job; the frustrations of being overqualified, not experienced enough, not educated in the new country. It really made me think of my grandmother's journey to New York in 1911 at the age of 23. How difficult that must have been for her. And she never saw her parents or siblings again. estory
reply by the author on 08-Jan-2022
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Your piece here speaks of the struggles of immigration, the hardships in navigating a new country with new rules and new customs that you have to get used to. Here it is more about the dreams that you had that have now been compromised by the difficulties in applying for a job; the frustrations of being overqualified, not experienced enough, not educated in the new country. It really made me think of my grandmother's journey to New York in 1911 at the age of 23. How difficult that must have been for her. And she never saw her parents or siblings again. estory
Comment Written 01-Mar-2021
reply by the author on 08-Jan-2022
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Thank you so much for sharing your story
Comment from lyenochka
Whew! You sure gave us a taste of what it's like to be an immigrant in a new country. The same experience would be in the U.S. but immigrating to the U.S. requires winning the lottery. And then you will have all that Catch-22 bureaucracy to deal with. Thank you for sharing and I love your picture!
Comments:
"Landed, ha, ha, ha another dreamer, (close quotes needed)
Well, you have first to (open quotes needed)
the first school, (first, school) no need for 'the'
tor is going up (tor?) What is 'tor' ?
laying in the street (lying) This grammar point is a hard one for me so I give you the website that explains it better: https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-laying-and-lying/
no all we have is: (now? instead of "no")
"money walks equal monkey talks!" (equals)
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Whew! You sure gave us a taste of what it's like to be an immigrant in a new country. The same experience would be in the U.S. but immigrating to the U.S. requires winning the lottery. And then you will have all that Catch-22 bureaucracy to deal with. Thank you for sharing and I love your picture!
Comments:
"Landed, ha, ha, ha another dreamer, (close quotes needed)
Well, you have first to (open quotes needed)
the first school, (first, school) no need for 'the'
tor is going up (tor?) What is 'tor' ?
laying in the street (lying) This grammar point is a hard one for me so I give you the website that explains it better: https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-laying-and-lying/
no all we have is: (now? instead of "no")
"money walks equal monkey talks!" (equals)
Comment Written 28-Feb-2021
Comment from Jay Squires
Well, Iza, there seems a lot of pent up frustration in your writing. I gather from your profile, this was what you felt like in 2009. If you are still in Canada, I must assume something started to go right for you. I find I am temperamentally a lot like you. (Or I used to be.) I would not want to wait until summer once I made up my mind what I wanted to do.
"transcontinental PLANE"
You need an "it" between "Job" and "is"
You need some sort of punctuation after surprise, like an exclamation point, or at the very lease a colon, and then begin "The" with a capital.]
"another" doesn't work with "luck". "MORE luck" does.
<"Hey! I am visible: I am a black and white over-educated furry!> I don't have a clue what this means.
We are just LYING in the street
There were so many corrections needing to be made that I had to deduct a star. However, as soon as you let me know you've made the corrections, I'll return your star. Fair enough?
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Well, Iza, there seems a lot of pent up frustration in your writing. I gather from your profile, this was what you felt like in 2009. If you are still in Canada, I must assume something started to go right for you. I find I am temperamentally a lot like you. (Or I used to be.) I would not want to wait until summer once I made up my mind what I wanted to do.
<"Hey! I am visible: I am a black and white over-educated furry!> I don't have a clue what this means.
There were so many corrections needing to be made that I had to deduct a star. However, as soon as you let me know you've made the corrections, I'll return your star. Fair enough?
Comment Written 27-Feb-2021
Comment from Elizabeth Emerald
Stunning rant--I can relate!
Welcome! Here is the Eldorado! Well, this was my first thought when I [OMIT have] landed here. Oooo, Canada... However, as soon, as you LAND all the problems come rushing towards you!
Of course, you have no idea that ANYTHING you have done before counts!
Your momma trained you well. The first rule of survival: find shelter, then food, and finally but not the last thing on your do-to list, is to find a job.
that after you apply on-line for a job IT is better to follow up with a phone call.
You DO that, and surprise the so-called recruiter/talent acquisition has no idea what are you talking about!
they finally agree to [OMIT: have you with] an interview via Mr. Phone, and this IS just to give you false hopes
Another year, another CHANCE, at least that is what they are saying in the country from where you come.
Again, hundreds of resumes, hundreds of registration forms, and the result IS again: zero.
Can you compete with somebody who is 17 years old and already HAS 4 years' experience?
LYING in the street solid as rocks!
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Stunning rant--I can relate!
Welcome! Here is the Eldorado! Well, this was my first thought when I [OMIT have] landed here. Oooo, Canada... However, as soon, as you LAND all the problems come rushing towards you!
Of course, you have no idea that ANYTHING you have done before counts!
Your momma trained you well. The first rule of survival: find shelter, then food, and finally but not the last thing on your do-to list, is to find a job.
that after you apply on-line for a job IT is better to follow up with a phone call.
You DO that, and surprise the so-called recruiter/talent acquisition has no idea what are you talking about!
they finally agree to [OMIT: have you with] an interview via Mr. Phone, and this IS just to give you false hopes
Another year, another CHANCE, at least that is what they are saying in the country from where you come.
Again, hundreds of resumes, hundreds of registration forms, and the result IS again: zero.
Can you compete with somebody who is 17 years old and already HAS 4 years' experience?
LYING in the street solid as rocks!
Comment Written 27-Feb-2021