Posted by oldtanker on August 25, 2016 at 11:28:30 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: I was wondering. posted by mb58 on August 25, 2016 at 10:06:13:
We have gone from yesteryear where kids did what their fathers and mothers did no questions ask to having other options. I was army for 20 years. Out of 7 kids only one is remotely interested any only as a part timer.
I think part of the problem is our schools. I was taught as a kid in the 60's that I didn't want to work with my hands, get dirty or manual labor by the schools. I didn't listen to well but I can recite chapter and verse the "you want to be a doctor/lawyer/engineer" talks we got from 1st grade on (1961). Farming isn't a glamorous job with a company car and a 6 figure income with weekends spent at a resort of some kind. I mean, after all, who doesn't want to be the president? The schools also tell kids to be themselves, not who someone else wants you to be.
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