Reply #40: Me, too. [View All]

[LWolf]

For each to choose the life, and career, that suits him or her best, and to take that path, trade school or college. A living wage and a good standard of living for all.

When I see students who are less academically inclined, but who love art, or love machines, I wonder why their talents are less valued. I certainly value the people who keep my car running, who create beauty in my world, who add their time and passion to help keep us functioning and make our world a place we want to be.

There are a wide range of occupations that don't require college, but are just as valuable to our lives.

College is not a prerequisite to literacy, to thinking. If we focus on teaching people how to think, how to learn, how to find the information they need or desire, we're teaching them to be informed, and to use information to guide their choices. We can do that preschool - high school, if we restructure curriculum to make that the priority.

I was married to a man for 12 years who quit high school and got his GED at 16.

He read books, newspapers, magazines, and online journals. He kept up with current events. He was a better mathematician than I've ever been, with my degrees. He was also a mechanic, a pilot, a welder, and could repair, build, assemble, install, do wiring, plumbing, and just about everything we ever needed. He could also, in a pinch, feed, vaccinate, medicate, play midwife and nurse to, and handle just about any kind of livestock. I always appreciated it, but never more than when I was no longer married to him and had to pay someone to do all those things that I don't know how to do.