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Re: Vanishing White-Collar Jobs: Alternatives?

casualobserver — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:39:22 -0000

My curiosity is peaked as well. I&#39m curious to know what the author will land on as his ultimate moral of the story since there seems to be several different ones that could be landed upon.

I&#39m especially curious as to whether this could be just a rediscovery by the younger generation of what baby boomers lived as a matter of course......everyone&#39s starting point was manual labor and you aspired to white collar. If your brake pads wore thin, you swung by Western Tire on the way home, bought the pads and replaced then in between getting the homework done. It was just part of life.

College was a culling out of those who could also master the more abstract and wanted to move your life in that direction. Perhaps the author is attesting to the fact that the horse still needs to come before the cart and just "entitling" everyone to a desk job doesn&#39t necessarily make sense.

Re: Vanishing White-Collar Jobs: Alternatives?

Jazz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:36:29 -0000

I just purchased that book and am taking it on my vacation to the mountains next week, along with a couple of others. Very much looking forward to reading it.

Re: Vanishing White-Collar Jobs: Alternatives?

casualobserver — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:39:22 -0000

My curiosity is peaked as well. I'm curious to know what the author will land on as his ultimate moral of the story since there seems to be several different ones that could be landed upon.

I'm especially curious as to whether this could be just a rediscovery by the younger generation of what baby boomers lived as a matter of course......everyone's starting point was manual labor and you aspired to white collar. If your brake pads wore thin, you swung by Western Tire on the way home, bought the pads and replaced then in between getting the homework done. It was just part of life. We could have all become mechanics, electricians or plumbers and that was always the fallback position.

College admission was a culling out of those who could also master the more abstract and truly wanted to move their life in that direction. Your surname and ancestry was not an automatic pass. Perhaps the author is attesting to the fact that the horse still needs to come before the cart and just "entitling" everyone to a desk job doesn't necessarily make sense........as today's economy is attesting.

And, in many cases, I derive more awe out of our guests by telling them I installed the 3 pole dimmer instead of anything I say about my business.

Re: Vanishing White-Collar Jobs: Alternatives?

Jazz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:36:29 -0000

I just purchased that book and am taking it on my vacation to the mountains next week, along with a couple of others. Very much looking forward to reading it.