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Should be be teaching our children self-sufficiency via a true skill? or

« on: March 23, 2010, 09:45:49 PM »

should we just send them off to college for a liberal arts degree and an unknown fate after they graduate? What I mean by a true skill is not some mealy mouthed "expertise" in human resources management but welding, machine operation, auto mechanics etc....


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Re: Should be be teaching our children self-sufficiency via a true skill? or

« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2010, 05:27:10 PM »

Germany has an apprentice system, as does most of Europe. The US does not. We do not want to PAY folks to do that kind of work....


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