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My Preconceived Ideas About The New Secretary Based On Almost No Information
I give her a month.
Like all human beings, one of my favorite games is assuming things about people I’ve never met based on little to no actual information.
Preconceived ideas are useful in an evolutionary sense. For example: “That’s a lion. All lions want to eat me. Therefore, I should avoid lions.”
They’re less useful in the 21st century when it’s practically guaranteed that you will never run into a lion.
My co-worker finally quit in disgust at being paid essentially minimum wage with no benefits, even though she has 30 years of legal secretary experience and, like most of us in small legal practices, she is basically an attorney.
Attorneys didn’t always need to go to law school. Until the 20th century, most people became lawyers by watching somebody else do it. You became a lawyer by starting out as a clerk under someone older and more experienced, and working your way up.
You can still do this today in some states, but the system is definitely rigged against you.
Despite the academic requirements, law school does not teach you how to be a lawyer.
