-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gary Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 12:44 AM To: Triumph of Content Subject: [TriumphOfContent] Dirty Jobs creator on the need for skilled tradespeople in America
Sent to you by gary via Google Reader: Dirty <http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/lxT3HbVYevc/dirty-jobs-cr eator-o.html> Jobs creator on the need for skilled tradespeople in America via Boing Boing <http://www.boingboing.net/> by Cory Doctorow on 5/12/11 Mike Rowe, creator of the TV show "Dirty Jobs," testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the de-skilling of America, and the way in which skilled manual labor has been undervalued and derided in the USA to its detriment: <http://craphound.com/images/mikerowetestifying.jpg> A few months ago in Atlanta I ran into Tom Vilsack, our Secretary of Agriculture. Tom told me about a governor who was unable to move forward on the construction of a power plant. The reason was telling. It wasn't a lack of funds. It wasn't a lack of support. It was a lack of qualified welders. In high schools, the vocational arts have all but vanished. We've elevated the importance of "higher education" to such a lofty perch that all other forms of knowledge are now labeled "alternative." Millions of parents and kids see apprenticeships and on-the-job-training opportunities as "vocational consolation prizes," best suited for those not cut out for a four-year degree. And still, we talk about millions of "shovel ready" jobs for a society that doesn't encourage people to pick up a shovel. In a hundred different ways, we have slowly marginalized an entire category of critical professions, reshaping our expectations of a "good job" into something that no longer looks like work. A few years from now, an hour with a good plumber -- if you can find one -- is going to cost more than an hour with a good psychiatrist. At which point we'll all be in need of both. I came here today because guys like my grandfather are no less important to civilized life than they were 50 years ago. Maybe they're in short supply because we don't acknowledge them they way we used to. We leave our check on the kitchen counter, and hope the work gets done. That needs to change. Testimony <http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/dirtyjobs/mike-rowe-senate-testimony.html > of Mike Rowe (via Reddit <http://reddit.com> ) <http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e96764c4d3055e02a1a44c59a0287b64&p=1> <http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechCons&partnerID=167&key= segment> <http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.28925.rss. TechCons.7604,cat.TechCons.rss> <http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d887846/17/909940/adscout.php> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/lxT3HbVYevc> Things you can do from here: * Subscribe <http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.boingboing.net% 2Fboingboing%2FiBag?source=email> to Boing Boing using Google Reader * Get started using <http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email> Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites __._,_.___ Reply <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Dirty%20Jobs%20creator%20on%20the%2 0need%20for%20skilled%20tradespeople%20in%20America> to sender | Reply <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Dirty%20Jobs%20crea tor%20on%20the%20need%20for%20skilled%20tradespeople%20in%20America> to group | Reply <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyYm02ZTNtBF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRtc2dJZAMyMzI5Nw RzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzMDUzMDUwMTU-?act=reply&messageNum=23297> via web post | Start <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNTRlOXBkBF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMDUzMDUwMTU-> a New Topic Messages <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/message/23297;_ylc=X3oDMTM3b XB1bzdoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRtc2dJZ AMyMzI5NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMDUzMDUwMTUEdHBjSWQDMjMyOTc-> in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMjJiOGJsBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2h wBHN0aW1lAzEzMDUzMDUwMTU-> Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZ25jZGM3BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE3O TM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTMwNTMwNTAxN Q--> Yahoo! Groups Switch to: Text-Only <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change Delivery Format: Traditional> , Daily <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email Delivery: Digest> Digest . Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> . Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=17938639/grpspId=1705063985/msgI d=23297/stime=1305305015/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3> __,_._,___ !DSPAM:2676,4dcd5fbe40301955819220!
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