It's a Catch 22.

yesterday I talked with Jan via Skype, and I learned a new word, "Catch 22".

Until four years ago about 80% students could get a regular job after they graduated from university or college. The situation was dramatically changed. Last year only 60 % students could get a regular job after their graduation from university or college. ( And as you know my elder daughter couldn't get a regular job, now she is a part-timer aid at college she graduated. And additionally she said "I decided to pursue my artistic ability.)
And this year it is said the rate will be worse, it will decrease to less than 60%.

On the other hand, some companies or public offices have a lot of work, and need "experts", or "skilled-worker"s. But they can't afford to hire and bring up freshmen. Yuki is busy, and my friend who is a main chief of a public nursery center is also busy. Both of them want "regular" helpers or subordinates.

Actually it is not so difficult to find a part time job if you don't want it in particular area. Many fathers tend to come back back earlier than usual because they don't do over work, instead of it many mothers go out to work at a part time job.

From this month a girl comes to take my lesson by walk. Until last year her mother drove her here. It takes 20 minutes on her foot. Because her mother started to work longer. One reason the girl is enough to walk here alone, she will be a junior high school student this spring. But is it a only reason??
And after the lesson at night (Usually it finish at 10 PM) , their father come to pick them up . It's a good thing that fathers don't need do overwork. But some mothers started to work at night. Well, well actually I work at night. When Yuki come without having dinner, sometimes he cooks simple diner bu himself, heat prepared dinner in the microwave oven, or goes out to a eatery in the neighborhood. I think it is a good thing because he could be independent.

Jan sent me a report.
A Catch-22, coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch-22, is a logical paradox arising from a situation in which an individual needs something that can only be acquired by not being in that very situation; therefore, the acquisition of this thing becomes logically impossible. Catch-22s are often spoken with regard to rules, regulations, procedures, or situations in which one has knowledge of being or becoming a victim but has no control over it occurring.



Well, well, it's time go to "GYM", though I don't like to work out.