Comments on: Does Popularity In High School Add to Future Earnings? http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/does-popularity-in-high-school-add-to-future-earnings/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Management http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/does-popularity-in-high-school-add-to-future-earnings/#comment-19319 Management Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:03:19 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=220138#comment-19319 Nancy, yes, you can teach social skills and what you call being an extrovert. It's not hard-wired into the brain; it's a set of skills that can be learned. It's the basis of sales training, for example. No one is born knowing how to sell a specific product. They're taught and developed to use social interaction to find someone's needs, and then try to meet those needs in a mutually agreed upon way. Nancy, yes, you can teach social skills and what you call being an extrovert. It’s not hard-wired into the brain; it’s a set of skills that can be learned. It’s the basis of sales training, for example. No one is born knowing how to sell a specific product. They’re taught and developed to use social interaction to find someone’s needs, and then try to meet those needs in a mutually agreed upon way.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/does-popularity-in-high-school-add-to-future-earnings/#comment-19316 Nancy Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:48:36 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=220138#comment-19316 Popularity = Extroverts. Everybody already knows that extroversion has a wage premium. But you can't teach extroversion -- it's part of personality. So these programs to "teach" extroversion to introverted kids are kind of hopeless. Popularity = Extroverts.

Everybody already knows that extroversion has a wage premium. But you can’t teach extroversion — it’s part of personality. So these programs to “teach” extroversion to introverted kids are kind of hopeless.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/does-popularity-in-high-school-add-to-future-earnings/#comment-19268 Kyle Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:37:10 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=220138#comment-19268 @Jay Certainly not a key factor. The skill set one possesses is (hopefully) the determining factor. But it is unreasonable to assume that looks have zero effect. Just as it is unreasonable to assume that social aptitude is worthless when interacting with people and applying for a job. Of course you're welcome to disagree with me but that is my two cents on the topic. @Jay

Certainly not a key factor. The skill set one possesses is (hopefully) the determining factor. But it is unreasonable to assume that looks have zero effect. Just as it is unreasonable to assume that social aptitude is worthless when interacting with people and applying for a job.

Of course you’re welcome to disagree with me but that is my two cents on the topic.

]]> By: Jay http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/does-popularity-in-high-school-add-to-future-earnings/#comment-19249 Jay Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:11:58 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=220138#comment-19249 Boy this is a slippery slope. Next you'll tell me that looks are a key factor in getting a job. Boy this is a slippery slope. Next you’ll tell me that looks are a key factor in getting a job.

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