my kid used to have ideas of their own.... until they took OBAY

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Posted by Skipper on Mar-07-2008 23:37:

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
It IS related to ontariocolleges.ca. They started the second phase of their campaign this past Monday I think, with a new line of posters saying "Thankfully Obay isn't real"

Edit: here

So no more mystery, which is why I was saying it was late to jump on the discussion wagon now.

Brutal. I wish the ads were for something where the connection between ad and message weren't so stretched. It's a clever campaign, but the wow factor at the end really falls flat.

Posted by Aleks_B on Mar-08-2008 00:11:

this campaign would have been better if it was aimed at taking a stab at the pharmaceautical industry. i would have loved to have seen that!

Posted by oldschool420 on Mar-08-2008 00:16:

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Originally posted by Skipper
Brutal. I wish the ads were for something where the connection between ad and message weren't so stretched. It's a clever campaign, but the wow factor at the end really falls flat.

+1

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Originally posted by Aleks_B
this campaign would have been better if it was aimed at taking a stab at the pharmaceautical industry. i would have loved to have seen that!

That's what I was thinking it would be. Definitely falls short.

Posted by Al on Mar-08-2008 15:36:

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Originally posted by El K Dee
yea and then u have people going in for an arts degree in photography or something cos "thats what they looooove" and then finding themselves stuck without a job in that "field" cos u dont really need a degree to be a professional photographer

it's a matter of drawing the line somewhere. Photography and arts, boosting cars and building lowriders and other things they "love doing" are merely hobbies; most parents are concerned that their kids may not succeed by following their desires.

Money can be made with what you love doing, no doubt about it; it's just that there are some individuals that can not commit to putting the best of their skills and passion to become wealthy and achieve their ultimate goals in life.

You don't need a degree to be successful in what you do, you need persistency, consistency and tactic.

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Originally posted by The Highroller
What's more, the chances of a child succeeding in a field of study (especially a likely difficult one like engineering, medecin, etc) which was forced upon him/her is very low. I can understand why a parent would want to try to force their child into a field of study that would lead to work in a more lucrative industry, but it's very misguided. In my opinion, for the average person, those fields of study are near impossible to excel in unless you take a personal interest in it.

There's a saying.....beat the iron while it's hot.

If you want your kids to become something, show them the way while they're young so they can get a zest of it; get them involved in activities that get them interested in the subject of work that looks promising in the future, when they're all grown up.

Telling the kid he/she can not do this and that when they're 12 or older is a hassle as they have a sense of the world, they're not "quite fresh" anymore, they form their own ideas and personalities (well...most of them)

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