I have a follow-on question for Senator Obama.
Senator Obama said (and I paraphrase) that he wants to drill for domestic
oil and gas, repair roads and bridges, build windmills, create a solar power
infrastructure, create bio-fuel refineries and build nuclear power plants. I
presume that since he also wants to create jobs, one thing he is looking at
is bolstering our sagging manufacturing industries by having the US make
more goods, especially in light of the environmental scares associated with
buying everything from toxic China.
Senator Obama also said he wants every child to go to college in this
country. Well, if he achieves that goal, just who does he suppose is going
to do all the drilling, repairing, building and manufacturing? People with
college degrees don't do those types of jobs. Or, maybe, that's what he
wants all the illegal aliens for.
It's a sad state of affairs when a nation, its leaders or prospective
leaders only measure success by the attainment of a college degree. It is
this misconception, that everyone must go to college, that has helped fuel
the decline of our nation's manufacturing infrastructure, trades and service
industries. Not everyone is suited for college. That statement is not
meant as a derision of the intelligence or talent of people who don't attend
college. Instead, it is a recognition of the diversity of talent that
abounds in our nation.
Some people will find their success along a path that does not include
college. To force them to do something that stalls, inhibits or prevents
them from realizing and contributing to their fullest potential because it
doesn't support someone's personal measure of success is narrow minded and
short sighted. It cheapens them, and it also cheapens those do attend
college.
Everybody ought to feel as though their job is important enough for them to
wear a tuxedo or formal gown to work, even if it is wholly impractical to do
so. Our leaders need to recognize that and not make pursuing a life without
college as somehow beneath a person's dignity.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
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There was a time that you could apply for a job in person and without a resume. You could get a job that was good enough to support your family and be judged by the quality of your work.-Is there really a middle class anymore? the middle class is now the lower class.-No matter how rich or poor-No matter how well educated-or not-We all have a limited time on this earth.-Liked your post.
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