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one k00l thing that I like about "if we raise the minimum wage, then some people won't be employable because their work/skill/etc doesn't justify the higher minimum wage" is that 99% of minimum wage earners in the USA went through public school lol
what do we fucking teach them
what do we fucking teach them
either there's a Way out of "to make more than minimum wage, people need to work increasingly-grueling jobs (or benefit from what's basically nepotism)," and that Way is essentially honing people to Work Better,
or there are just not enough decent-earning jobs in our The Economy
or there are just not enough decent-earning jobs in our The Economy
I know a few people on here who are flat-out against public schools, full stop. like, "just destroy them"
it's a different issue than "lol paying $80,000 for a four-year degree is fucking stupid," because we're talking about kids
personally, I'm on the fence about public school
it's a different issue than "lol paying $80,000 for a four-year degree is fucking stupid," because we're talking about kids
personally, I'm on the fence about public school
even though I fucking struggled and struggled in pre-college, I had a decent time once I hit sophomore year of high school -- the classes got harder and more interesting, and that's when I started getting straight A's.
it was still grueling. but I like what I learned, mostly.
it was still grueling. but I like what I learned, mostly.
I probably couldn't have built bicycles if I hadn't paid attention in math classes, especially Trigonometry.
a lot of my Materials Science interest was given a huge boost by a great Physics teacher.
there were some shitty teachers. get rid of them, maybe. but it wasn't all evil
a lot of my Materials Science interest was given a huge boost by a great Physics teacher.
there were some shitty teachers. get rid of them, maybe. but it wasn't all evil
the thing is that I ended up graduating with a B.A. in Economics and pretty quickly figured out "wow, what a bunch of abstract nonsense. pretty much nobody needs a job that deals with Economics, and other fields can/could be better than Economics at what Economics does."
so a few years after getting that Economics B.A., I decided to just become a bicycle mechanic, cuz I was obsessed with learning about bicycles -- and it turns out that mechanic work and generally "working with your hands" is the sort of work that people with ADHD can handle OK.
the real question is sort of "what school did for me."
my Economics B.A. has basically informed my ability to call bullshit on "people with presumed authority who are just normal floundering idiots."
but some of the shit I learned in high school is more useful... for me, to me.
my Economics B.A. has basically informed my ability to call bullshit on "people with presumed authority who are just normal floundering idiots."
but some of the shit I learned in high school is more useful... for me, to me.
none of my schooling was "all bad." even learning bullshit-horseshit-garbage helps orient you to the world, once you learn to "think critically" (like, once you're prepared to dismantle things to the point of RIDICULING them).
but what was applicable to Beyond Minimum Wage Jobs?
but what was applicable to Beyond Minimum Wage Jobs?
I temped at a conveyor belt factory that had a lot of kinda dumb uneducated people -- sort of a range, but nobody there was a super genius.
creating the rubber molds required machining aluminum, and I probably knew more about machining than the guy who made them.
the $$$ was OK
creating the rubber molds required machining aluminum, and I probably knew more about machining than the guy who made them.
the $$$ was OK
