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Old 03-15-2016, 01:20 AM
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Slippery Slope: Learning on the Job

Where do you feel the breaking point is for learning on the job? At what point would you feel that you are getting paid too little?

This is an honest question.

In Detroit during the 1980s it was an honor to get a co-op job (internship?) and learn from elders. Co-op students learned many trades from drawing boards to shop floors. They learned how to work with their peers in other departments such as shipping, building maintenance, sales, and so forth.

As the students learned they earned a fraction of their elders' wages. And, as elders know, the students paid more attention to their wages as they perfected their skills.

Perhaps worry moves faster than tech?

But what can we do when we know that George H.W. Bush's "Thousand Points of Light" actually works? In other words, where do we go after we know that there is so much volunteering in our hearts that we will try to fix things no matter how broken they are?

Answering that question is where I am stuck. I have co-op'd. I have volunteered. I have worked minimum wage. I have worked maximum wage. I have invested. I have divested. I have been disciplined for not letting things break because leaders need to see things break so they know what is going on. And I have seen that teacher go into his grave without things getting fixed.

etc. etc.

At the end of the day all I want is to learn and to pay my teacher. That is where bread and water lives.

The more we separate good students from good teachers then the less land remains to fight over. The banks have the least chance of giving us a timely solution. I am convinced of that.
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