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The value of manual work is something I feel strongly about, and Mike Rowe nails it in this wonderul little video.
The sheep castration story at the front end is terrific, but the meat-and-potatoes message is at the end.
Watch the whole thing.
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"War on Work":
In my early twenties, I walked out on a lecturing professor, dis-enrolled from the University of New Mexico (when I was just one year away from earning a degree), and called my boss to ask if I could work "full-time." I worked for a home remodeler.
Several years later, I found myself working for a crotchity old man that had plenty to teach me. We restored old cars and built hot-rods.
I am CERTAINLY better off for the skills and insights I gained while in those "work" jobs.
I've since graduated from the University, and now work as a school teacher. A feild that is so regulated (and misunderstood by politicians and governing agencies) it makes castration by rubber band seem reasonable.
Thanks again for sharing this video.
Donovan
Great talk!
I really enjoyed it.
Wonderful piece, thanks for linking to it.
I teach horseback riding for a living, and along with that goes a lot of cleaning-up after large animals, and policing and training humans. Many engineers, software programmers and the like come here, mostly in the form of parents observing their children or spouses riding. They will often ask if they can pitch in brushing, raking arena footing back into place, and otherwise emulating whatever they see me doing. I cannot count the number of times they've told me they get far more satisfaction doing those things than they get at their own jobs. For myself, the work is often hard, it's always unrelenting, and it's what I've chosen, out of the many choices I had, to do with my life. Grass always being greener, I sling shit, mentally solve the world's problems and fantasize about snorkeling a reef...but I do it in my sweats, after a 100 foot commute, on a schedule I've designed, and it's not bad. Not bad at all...
Seahorse
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