One of my college classes was how to be condescending and smug.
I grew up with a dad who didn't have a degree. My whole life growing up, my dad told me to get a degree. He hated his job and worked for money to support his family. He saw what a degree brought other people. All 5 of his kids have a degree..
I spent my life surrounded by people who didn't have a degree. I gained a deep respect for them. I moved to an area that was predominately blue collar working class. I just get along with them better.
When I took my son to meet my brother at his work.... guess what all the foremen told him? These are all the guys in charge of the work crews. They had worked their way up from nothing. They all told my son to get good grades and get a college degree. Why would they say that if they were satisfied?
I was motivated to finish my degree by working several manual labor jobs, from landscaping to shoveling to installing sprinklers. What I saw was that the business owner made money, and no one else did. That is the same with the jobs I have had with my degree. The only difference is that employees with a degree always make more money than employees without one. A really good friend of mine, who I have learned a lot from, is the janitor at our elementary school. He makes less than the teachers. Why is that? He is older and wiser than me, and catches way more fish than I can ever. Every time he takes me fishing, I try to copy him and learn from him, but he is still way better. I don't look down on him as a janitor, I see him as a trusted friend who works hard to provide for his family.
Nell, my son has ADHD. We don't drug him, never had. He has several friends who are also ADHD. He is not as bad as some of them (bad with ADHD not behavior wise). When I take them camping, they lose most of the ADHD symptoms. I think the outdoors does something to them. Too bad they can't have school outside.
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