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- From: diverson@phys.ksu.edu (David Iverson)
- Newsgroups: sci.edu
- Subject: Re: Growing up to be a truck driver (was: RE: Branding Kids)
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:05:34 GMT
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- In <IfLiGe600WB98iAXsl@andrew.cmu.edu> Lili Velez <lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
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- >Is there something inherently _wrong_ about being a truck driver? Must we
- >be disappointed in someone who _wants_ to be a beautician, a cook, a
- >mechanic?
-
- I definitely agree. And I'll bring the discussion a little closer to home.
- I have (since the day that I started college) wanted to be a High School
- science teacher. I am currently a graduate student at the Kansas State
- Physics department, with my area of specialty being Physics Education.
-
- You would not believe how many times I have encountered fallen faces of
- Professors and peers who all ask the same question, "You're so intelligent,
- why would you want to do something like teach high school." Well, the
- answer is, because: A) Somebody's got to do it. B) I know I'm good at it.
- and C) It gives me emotional and intellectual satisfaction (i.e. I enjoy
- doing it).
-
- So how is this any different from looking down ones nose at truck drivers or
- mechanics or other service employee's. The fact of the matter is, the level
- of education needed to compete for and sucessfully complete these jobs is
- increasing every day. To my way of thinking, fixing cars is a much more
- self-actualizing way to live than scurrying around a law-library
- photocopying articles for people.
-
- -David Iverson
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- diverson@phys.ksu.edu
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