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sinsboldly
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03 Apr 2008, 2:41 am

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Just asking, cause I don't know, but doesn't anyone enter a trade anymore? I mean, plumber, electrician, carpenter, cook, painters, paperhangers, carpet installers, glaziers? all these trades are very necessary, they give a person a lot of lea way for working for themselves, they pay well and you have a flexable schedule.

it's kinda cool to work with your hands.

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There really aren't that many people entering trades, because parents want their kids to go to college. They think that college will always lead to a better life. Now that more and more mediocre people are getting through college with little job skills and not being able to find jobs.

Also, I'm not sure how good these trades would be for Aspies, especially those who aren't good with physical coordination.


yes, you are correct, you are not sure. you are only speculating. what arrogance to think that an electrician or plumber is not a better life for some people.

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15 Apr 2008, 5:19 pm

sinsboldly wrote:
this made me laugh!
when I was 12 years old I was picking strawberries along with a lot of other kids younger AND older from Mexico and believe me they were not excused to do their 'studies'.

YOU may not live in the world I do, but please educate yourself that others don't have the good fortune to pick and chose when they are going to start paying their own way.

Merle


You're right, there's always the case of kids who must work to keep their families... joining the workforce at age 23 is the normal thing among middle and rich Mexicans, though.



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16 Apr 2008, 12:04 am

dsfargeg wrote:
sinsboldly wrote:
this made me laugh!
when I was 12 years old I was picking strawberries along with a lot of other kids younger AND older from Mexico and believe me they were not excused to do their 'studies'.

YOU may not live in the world I do, but please educate yourself that others don't have the good fortune to pick and chose when they are going to start paying their own way.

Merle


You're right, there's always the case of kids who must work to keep their families... joining the workforce at age 23 is the normal thing among middle and rich Mexicans, though.


I have noticed a lot of people on WP are from the middle and rich of any country. It must be the demographic for people that have computers, or at least computers that young people that do not pay their own way can use to spend time on the Internet.
Young people that have to work, are probably doing so. and their path does not wander here, often, if at all.

Merle