On last night's (7/12) show, Mike Rowe of 'Dirty Jobs' was one of the guests, invited on to talk about the lack of qualified people available to fill a glut of jobs in the trade industries. He related his own Guidance Counciler experience from high school of being shown a poster featuring an executive type and a mechanic and the caption that read "Work smart, not hard", the point being that a trade profession was a sub-level position. Somewhere along the way, America began to view those who worked with their hands as not quite up to the same level as those who pushed paper while wearing a suit. For all the jokes people may make about a tradesman, when they need one, they realize their importance. One may make jokes about plumbers, but when their toilet stops functioning, who's your bestest friend in the whole wide world? Yeah, that's what I thought.
I would love to see more good, solid apprenticeship programs in this country. A kid with natural mechanical aptitude but no desire for "book learning" is kind of in limbo because of the emphasis on high school graduation. (Not meant to be a political statement)
I didn't see anywhere in the beeb by laws that when the dungeon gets nuked we can tread on dungeon material in the general section. Must have missed that one...
Shouldn't his thread be titled: "Yeah, Mike Rowe gets it"? And, aside from the fact that Bill Maher is a political commentator, how is this thread "Dungeon material"?
If one sticks to the actual subject matter, the value of the trade professions and the lack of skilled trades workers available for the many open jobs, then what could possibly be the problem? Unless one can't discuss such without going on a tirade about how much they hate Bill Maher. That's where the discussion took place, if that's a problem for anyone, that's a pretty weak problem. "counselor", thanks for the correction.