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more and more i've grown into the opinion that aspiring members of the professional class should be required to spend at least one year doing some form of ungra
by odessacubbage 6y ago
more and more i've grown into the opinion that aspiring members of the professional class should be required to spend at least one year doing some form of ungracious working class labor. there are things you learn as a line cook or a garbage truck driver that not even the most elite school will ever be able to teach you.
personally i think i would've become a real asshole if not for misfortune & hardship and learning exactly what it means to start over with nothing.
- hated 6y agoSome professional classes in Eastern European countries used to have mandatory time they had to spend working in factories, probably for this reason.
- xfitm3 6y agoEarly high schools in the US had shop classes, too. It was still just a token effort at trade work but it was still something. Almost all of these classes have been cut due to budget.
- 6510 6y agoI think 6 months around age 13. That way it also helps kids who don't really see the point of school and it helps ordering school tasks by importance.
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- tenaciousDaniel 6y agoYep, definitely. I'm very fortunate that I didn't discover coding until my late twenties. I worked odd jobs in several industries, and right up until I started in tech, I was working two jobs in order to make $30K per year. I feel unbelievably lucky to be in this industry and I try not to take it for granted.