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  • People need to hear about more examples like this. Many people are afflicted by a form of cognitive bias called the just-world fallacy. To soothe their anxiety they invent the fantasy of a fair world where rewards go to the deserving and suffering goes to the undeserving. It makes them feel safe to think this happens, but it's pure wishful thinking. People are homeless because other people deny them access to the natural wealth of their own planet, when they have no special entitlement to it.

  • If you can take a reasonable resume and a positive attitude, you can earn 60k selling phones. I hate to see this. The guy is just not willing to settlt to start!

  • Ok .. nothing offensive .. but you have an email address as mj'nomad' and you expect people to email you about your job applications ? Get real and be a bit professional. I am sorry for his situation though !

  • I'm 17 and i'm in high school and this video scares the living sh*t out of me

  • WHY COLLEGE IS A SCAM - YOUTUBE IT, NOW!!!

  • This is why I am working towards being self employed...either part time or full time.

  • It is really screwed up that this guy is where he is; Homeless. But it's also screwed up to me that this country has so many poor and homeless people. People living in total poverty and unlivable conditions. Hope he's doing much better now. One down and how many more to go? Lost count...:/

  • Dont further your education kids! just save up by sum solar pannels and become a weed farmer in portugal!!! 

  • This reminds me of my friend graduated from Washington Univ. in St.Louis and he was refused 2 jobs simply because of his good GPA, they were looking for C-students as they tend to be "better team players." He currently has a fantastic job but for the two years following his graduation he lived in a terrible apartment which he could only afford by living with two other guys.

  • since the release of this video has Maurice been offer a job

  • @GohModley u seriously need a kick up the azz my friend...

  • His degrees must have been from the University of Phoenix lol

  • then get a job ! lets see the degrees..they want real degrees.

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  • Three graduate degrees and too stupid to leave Boston and take a lower-paying job. What a fucking elitist fuck. Rather sleep in a gutter than work for minimum wage. bum.

  • @GohModley

    you're an idiot. that is all.

  • @AnObviousUsername if I is you is nuff said

  • @GohModley Elitist fuck? Wtf does 15 dollars a week give him? Or 4 months with 1000:-? Do you think they would want him in his current state as a teacher? With that salary he wouldnt be able to feed himself, or clothe himself properly. Youre a spoiled brat you know that right? 2 weeks on the streets and you would be crawling back to your mommies nipples. Prick.

  • @Kerf87 STRAWN MAN

  • @GohModley You sir, are in for a rude awakening.

  • @jimhemstreet tell me. send me a PM and tell me all about it.

  • wow hes really nice aww

  • If anyone needs a lucrative job contact me.. Seriously !! NO BS!!

  • you worked for lockheed lol, maybe your on the streets now because of karma,..... thats what happens when you design bombs for a living

  • @punkrocker6431 Those bombs save my life in Iraq when I called in an air strike! If you think you are man enough, enlist in the military! Put up or shut up!

  • @grandblan those bombs might have saved your life but they killed someone else, besides what were you doing in iraq in the first place (america is thousands of miles from iraq).. i am guessing you are a u.s soldier, i didn't put you in the position that you needed to call in an air strike to save you or your comrades lives,.. your government did based on lies. as for manning up in the most advanced well funded war machine in history, try putting youself in your enmies shoes, fighting occupation

  • @grandblan (continued... with nothing more than a few ak's a rocket launcher or two, and ied's..... re-evaluate how you think of war you child

  • @grandblan i dont support the us government or military so blow me

  • this is some fucked up shit. for those who are blessed with jobs dont take it for granted. any income is better than none, shit. hopefully this guy got hooked up.

  • I had a 35 year career with no gaps whatsoever. I never even had to apply for jobs. Employers were always knocking on my door. Then two years ago I was laid off. One year ago I lost my home to foreclosure. Now I live in my truck down by the water in San Diego. I have been desperately searching for work since I got laid off but I run into the same problem as this gentleman: overqualified.

  • i feel sorry for this guy i been outta work for a few month now iv luckily landed a good job and was lucky i had people to support me during that time, hope this guy gets sorted out

  • See, this video would be SO much better if the guy with the camera sound like such a sarcastic douche, I mean he could have talked SERIOUSLY rather than sound sarcastic, I hate people who talk like him.

  • He looks like the white version of the situation.

  • school of life > degrees

  • Why is he searching a job in this hopeless country? Why does he not search a job in Shanghai or Shenzhen?

  • With this abilities, he should emigrate to the land of unlimited possibilities, to China. Sure he finds there a good work.

    Look at this video. The founder of this company, Wang Chuanfu started this life as sun of poor farmers in China.

  • @pegefounder

    car.pege.org/2011-byd/video.ht­m

  • I've been to Cleveland it is like a ghost town.. the only people i seen was when the Cavaliers were playing....... that was before LeBron left. Cleveland is beautiful and have a lot of great restaurants. I am amazed how they stay in business!

  • That's mind boggling wow!

  • ron Paul 2012

  • Intelligence is not all

    its a mixture of intelligence and shrewdness

  • i feel so sorry for this man :(. such a gentleman and such a clever inspirational man! i wish i could let him live with me for a few weeks

  • Does Maurice know Objective-C programming language? If so, I might know of a job for him that is seriously considering him

  • @atendyvideos Dude seriously, watch the video! His email is mentioned; mjnomad@yahoo.com

  • @atendyvideos His email is mentioned; mjnomad@yahoo.com

  • dumbass study medicine and get rich

  • I don't want to be disrespectful, but isn't he overweight? How can he maintain his weight without money for food?

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  • Moral: Work ethic, dedication, personal image, and being a known quantity trumps all. But the key to a good job is the willingness to blow and blow hard, and not choke. That's where the college degree comes in. Those from the ivory tower seldom get community college people to understudy.

  • Have you verifired that this guy really has these degrees?

  • i tried to email danny and it bounced

  • would like to email maurice. what is his email address?

    also tried this: and it bounced back

  • maybe c heck ur 14 v/m bro

    

  • sheldon cooper took this mans job LOL

  • Just goes to show you kids. A college degree does not automatically equal win.

  • @idedesign But what else is there for us "normal" folk? There may be some truth to what you say but getting a degree is better than just doing nothing simply because what you and some other people say, especially in the world we live in right now.

  • @idedesign it did equal win intill the economy went downhill

  • Rocket Science is low in demand. i know that. 

  • @Apoc897 What an ignorant little cunt you are. Racist and spitefull. What a shame that you're even alive.

  • @jackarf1

    lol u mad bro?

  • @Apoc897 Say that in his face then

  • I hope he's doing great now. This video probably help a lot. Well done.

  • @Apoc897 racist fuck , go watch nazi vids please

  • @Floralin

    Faggot clown, go watch dick vids please.

  • @Apoc897 u wish you had the brains and determination of this guy.

  • Ellen Degenres could help this guy! :)

    

  • Hey man, come work with me. I can give you a free rent and a wage. I need a computer programmer.

  • War on the middle class. What do you expect when the jealous elites have flooded the US with MILLIONS of lazy faking grifters from the turd world. The FLOOD of wannabes from India, China, and just about everywhere else are RIPPING OFF America. The elites are threatened by super-productive Americans who create surpluses which pay off debt and create new info system like the internet which elites can't control.

  • Why?? why why why?? WHY did you have to bring up the race card 1:00 into the fucking video. I didnt watch the rest of it for the simple fact you think...you THINK..because you're fucking black that you're not capable of getting hired. Fuck you...

  • Good money is in becoming a barista or a mixologist (= a highly creative bar tender). Being a yoga tacher or doing Tarot cards can be worth looking into not to mention becoming a chef. (My friends are executive chefs - one also has a band.) Don't waste your money on a college education. College is a scam.

  • his is like that because he wants to if you ar ein that situation and u get 15houndred a week do it and start figthing thats is not excuse o no one want to pay me........ there is kids working on macdonals rigth now trying to make a living .... figth

  • I certainly hope Mr. Johnston finds a job where he can use his knowledge and experience. I'm amazed how he can maintain his composure and sense of humor.

  • They make these comments because they are scared and they, know they don't have any type of degree like his, they fear they may be next... I feel like this guy made some poor financial choices before the economy sank which may have caused his current position but as far as the job goed like he said he is black and it makes it that much harder on us then anybody else..

  • A FUCKING SCIENTIST! A FUCKING SCIENTIST HOMELESS. THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT FOR REAL.

  • He sounds like an older Barrack Obama

  • @MrSacrafice Ya but an obama that can actually do good

  • I would give him 50 bucks.

  • The comments in this video are evidence of how dumbed-down and brainwashed Americans are. No number of degrees creates a magic safety net that will keep you off the street or ensure you a job. ANYONE can end up homeless. There are NO recession proof careers.

    There is something wrong with people who assume all the homeless are losers or liars. They are PEOPLE just like you. How long could you pay your bills if YOU got laid off? How long until your house goes? Where would you live then?

  • @GrowMap i agree with what you are saying. i don't get why these people are making such comments like this. man, i pray fro mr. maurice and thankyou for having a heart and mind and understanding.

  • This dude is a fucking liar. If he graduated with a bachelor's in engineering at a local school and he would be set for life, let alone DARTMOUTH with TWO MASTER'S. This guy is a fucking fraud.

  • @markuseraccount And how would you know... have u ever even been to college? DO YOU KNOW THE DEBT U GO INTO?! frankly i'm not surprised that he is homeless the debt he is in is astronomical

    

  • @DarkenedJay I go to school dick. If you worked your ass off in school then you would understand how much of a phony and a wannabe this guy is. YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKING INSANE. If this guy had a phd he wouldn't have to do anything for a job offer. If you just have a ONE BACHELORS in engineering from a REGIONAL school then you're already set to have a good paying job, let alone a fucking PHD in a from a top ranked school and he said a master's. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!!

  • @markuseraccount a degree doesnt guarantee a job just cause u got a degree in engineering or w/e doesnt mean ur getting a job out of school

  • welcome to the New World Order!

  • Lets stop calling this a recession. It's a depression, and it sucks.

  • I don't buy it. He's full of shit.

  • Intelligence - luck - paths in life - illness - good health - - it's all random. Almost ANYONE can end up on the streets - unless you have so much money that the interest is enough to live off of.

  • What the hell man? Someone give this guy a job!! You could use this man for something great! I mean what can you do with a McDonalds worker but make patties?

  • someone email this guy and give him a job teaching physics!

  • i dont understand this, this guy is unemployed with a college degree. so what? lots of hs dropouts are un employed and homeless also. why is his case worse? the dropout needs a job and a place to live just as bad as a phd. this idea that society owes someone something just because they have a degree is ridiculous.

  • @carryclass he's not owed anything but it makes it more surprising.

  • College/University can be useless, considering tons of people finish university with a degree that doesn't apply to real world experience.

  • Ok then flip burgers until what u want come thru......u have $0 income its better than nothing

  • This stupid ass told me Maurice is a black name. Fucking idiot is a french name. My generation is retarded as hell.

  • inspirational

  • and the kardashians are rich because..... I hope someone robs their wealth and spreads it amongst the poor!

  • I would have let him stay at my place. It angers me so much, that ignorant, moronic celebrities, who do nothing for society, are 100000x times more taken care of then this intelligent, good man.

  • @BlackOut0189 If he was so intelligent he wouldn't be homeless now would he?

  • @yourvidisbad101 No...not really. For example, Lil Wayne is a degenerate jackass and he is wealthy as all hell. Get it?

  • @BlackOut0189 Most rich people are job creators, all though there are some assholes who deserve to rot in a hole, and we can thank the Rothschilds and their media for that.

  • @BlackOut0189 With all due respect lil wayne earned every penny he has. I'm going to go as far as saying lil wayne is smarter than this guy. Sure this guy might have all the degrees he got, but if he can't find a job that tells me he lacks intelligence, "social intelligence".

  • @saucy05 So your comparing rapping to rocket science? And you think job is based on intelligence? Haha So you consider Paris Hilton as a smart person? I bet you wanna grow up to be a stage monkey just like them. Yeah fuck knowledge, who needs it right? Im too cool for school, word up and shit.. *gangsign*

  • @Kerf87 Nailed it. These poor kids got no idea what's waiting for them after they drop out / get kicked out of high school.

    google: census-measures-those-not-quit­e-in-poverty-but-struggling

    1/3 of Americans are at, below, or just above the poverty line. I remember when I was in high school and life seemed so easy. It isn't and it's going to be 10 times harder for these kids leaving high school today.

  • even paris hilton she is smart enough to keep working her father helped her but she has to work for her money a bit. lil wayne worked for his money hands down but it involved a little bit of luck with his success.

  • @genefury75 My point was to that other dude that it's plain wrong to compare a entertainer to a effin rocket scientist. Without lil wayne and paris the world would be better off, but we wouldn't last long without scientists, and men of knowledge. Who would teach our young?

  • Seems like an exceptional fellow.

  • Jeez....this guy gets some hard ass degrees and gets this in return.....fucked up world

  • he sounds exactly like obama

  • Dude talks like Obama..

  • message to everyone "get it from the ground" lol.

  • Allah help you.. u seem to be a good person.

  • @DrTynanol Allah was a pagan deity, and Mohammad thought he had a demonic possession (It was a bad experience) until the Catholics said he had a revelation from God, and so then he created a religion based on Arabian paganism and sprinkled in Catholic myths here and there to convince Christians and Jews he was worshiping their God. A better statement would be "Jesus Christ help you... you seem to be a good person."

  • @d3ltadrive lol, I'm not even going to say much but reading your comment obviously you have no idea what Islam is about. I just laughed when i read your comment, the thing is why would 'Jesus' help him? Jesus is not god..He is a messenger from god. God is God. In Islam we believe god has no partners no sons or daughter no mothers fathers. I'm just surprised what Wikipedia page you found your information from.

  • @DrTynanol Jesus is God, God is Jesus. The son is the father, the father is the spirit, and the spirit is the son.

  • @d3ltadrive shut the fuck up

  • The people who do the least get the most while the people who do the most get get the least!! Things that make you go "hmmmmm?"

  • I hope Ahayah keeps him, but this is Rome. America is Rome and collapsing like Rome.

  • may Allah watch over you and your health.

  • Powerful situation for all of us...

  • Very interesting man

  • God bless you Maurice.

  • shocking is an understatement. im praying for him...

  • mary jane nomad hehehehe

  • God bless you maurice :,)

  • too far

  • Don't tax the rich and privatize all social services.

    *trollface*

  • Good luck to you Maruice!

  • Kim Kardashian made 65 million in 2010...

  • Man...he reminds me of my dad..if I lived in Boston I would take that guy to lunch.

  • this was may 2011, i wonder how that chap is doing now, hope he has a great job by now....smh!

  • The smartest get screwed, the dumbest get rich

  • @CaneFan25

    that's true! the dumb people support each other...kissing each other's asses climbing the corporate ladder...while squishing the smart people down...

  • @CaneFan25 you clearly don't know many intelligent people... the guys in my office making 450K a year are far from dumb man.

  • @CaneFan25 how do the dumb get rich?

  • @CaneFan25 Imma write a song using this comment. Makes to much sense.

  • @CaneFan25 Yea, it's the people's buying habits that drive the economy and when the people have poor tastes, the brains suffer. It's like how you have shows like Jersey Shore survive 4 seasons whereas shows that include scientific concepts like Stargate Universe and Eureka get cancelled. Their survival is based on ratings. People like technology so technology-type careers are the way to go now. No wonder the US is lacking in good math and science teachers, we care more about the wrong things.

  • the wave of the future folks....

  • does this guy have a job yet?

  • We need fundamental change in this country. We need to raze the government and start over.

  • if your looking to make some money check out my page and join up it is free to do and takes like 10 to 15mins a day to do. If you live in the US you can do it at all most any libary.

  • MAURICE JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT!

  • God bless this man. :-( I didn't even know that was possible.

  • get a real job.

  • @Noobssuckass300 If you paid attention to the video he did fill out apps and resumes...

  • @Elmeromero1 im talking about the producer of this video.

  • @wildgift2 i wholeheartly agree

  • Maurice Johnson For President!!

  • This video is over half a year old right now, please tell me in that time he's gotten a job!!! I have a bachelors and I'm unable to find a job myself, I can't imagine the weight of a Masters and not having a job. Maurice has become a hero to me for hanging on and still hoping, I wish him the best for the future!

  • hes a good guy.. lifes a bitch

  • FUCK THE ILLUMINATI GOVERNMENT !!!

    

  • This guy is fucked in head!

  • Americans aren't stupid.

    The system makes them that way.

    Unfortunately.

    The good thing is it's becoming easier everyday to be smart and intellectual, NOT through college, but through the internet. Thankfully most people have access to it.

  • He has a Phd and a Masters Degree. That's not two Master's Degrees. That's one Master's degree. He has two graduate degrees.

  • @josbo51715 he has 3 degrees.

  • @SUPERSILVERH8ORADE Of course he does., The third degree is his undergrad degree. However, for educated people, a bachelor's degree don't really count. To an educated person, a bachelor's degree is the same as a high school diploma.

  • we are in great depression...

  • kanye was right...damn it. (listen to the degrees skit)

  • It's just so easy to become homeless in the USA these days.

  • This man has a very interesting story to tell. Glad I clicked play.

  • This man deserves a top job in the education system...NOT THOSE fucks not giving two shits about our system. What the fuck.

  • The big black dude Intimidated people and the dude who looks too soft are seen as a joke and ignored.

  • wow how sad.

  • he only got into dartmouth because hes black

  • @Mycommentsgethumbsup Provide proof of this or stfu.

  • @Mycommentsgethumbsup

    yeah maybe for his bachelor but not for a master and surely not for a PhD!! Those two are on merit based you little bigot!

  • *people with