GlitchWizard
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About blue collar jobs being elitist -
If you can make a good living at it, retirement, etc. Cool beans. I'll support a kid who wants to be a Desil Mechanic if she's got retirement bennies - but not a shade tree mechanic who I'll have to support until I die. Same job - different potential for screwing up my retirement.
I'm with Jenna - My daughter will be PREPARED to be anything from a Robotics Master Technician to a Bum - and as long as she can support herself, take care of her young 'uns and be happy - I don't care if she's a WalMart Greeter or President of the United States.
However, I am not going to send her to McDonalds University.
Maybe I'm elitist, but I'm much happier as a single mom/computer programmer than I ever was as a married /K-Mart Purse Stuffing Employee.
If you can make a good living at it, retirement, etc. Cool beans. I'll support a kid who wants to be a Desil Mechanic if she's got retirement bennies - but not a shade tree mechanic who I'll have to support until I die. Same job - different potential for screwing up my retirement.
I'm with Jenna - My daughter will be PREPARED to be anything from a Robotics Master Technician to a Bum - and as long as she can support herself, take care of her young 'uns and be happy - I don't care if she's a WalMart Greeter or President of the United States.
However, I am not going to send her to McDonalds University.
Maybe I'm elitist, but I'm much happier as a single mom/computer programmer than I ever was as a married /K-Mart Purse Stuffing Employee.