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<blockquote data-quote="jkwilson" data-source="post: 810567" data-attributes="member: 969"><p>You're going to get my blood pressure up. :x IMO, this is a direct consequence of the efforts at improving self-esteem and the ideas of no winners and no losers. Everybody tells every kid they should go to college. Sorry, some of you aren't cut out for it. Life isn't fair! Deal with it! </p><p></p><p>Maybe you think too slowly, or don't have a good memory, or just don't "get" math or maybe you just got the short end of the stick when it came to brains. </p><p></p><p>But that's not bad unless you have it drilled into you everyday of your life that you are a failure if you don't go to college. We need smart mechanics and plumbers and welders, and we need hard working oilfield workers and miners just as much as we need smart engineers and doctors. Kids should be encouraged to try a lot of things <strong>and to fail at the ones they suck at or don't like</strong> so they know what things they are good at and what things they are not good at before they get all wrapped around the axle trying to be somebody they can't be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkwilson, post: 810567, member: 969"] You're going to get my blood pressure up. :x IMO, this is a direct consequence of the efforts at improving self-esteem and the ideas of no winners and no losers. Everybody tells every kid they should go to college. Sorry, some of you aren't cut out for it. Life isn't fair! Deal with it! Maybe you think too slowly, or don't have a good memory, or just don't "get" math or maybe you just got the short end of the stick when it came to brains. But that's not bad unless you have it drilled into you everyday of your life that you are a failure if you don't go to college. We need smart mechanics and plumbers and welders, and we need hard working oilfield workers and miners just as much as we need smart engineers and doctors. Kids should be encouraged to try a lot of things [b]and to fail at the ones they suck at or don't like[/b] so they know what things they are good at and what things they are not good at before they get all wrapped around the axle trying to be somebody they can't be. [/QUOTE]
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