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1 posted on 12/14/2013 5:50:08 AM PST by Kaslin
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I have found that one of the problems today is a lack of work ethic among youth. In other words they don’t want to work. They don’t know how to work because their parents spoiled them they expect employers to spoil them.

I was a farm boy, we raised tobacco and we learned to work beside our parents. Today kids lay around and play games and Computers. Most kids don’t even cut the grass outside their homes.

They come in late for work and then they don’t work hard when they get there.

The same goes for Volunteer jobs. Kids today don’t volunteer .


2 posted on 12/14/2013 5:58:01 AM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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Rowe nails it. How many times have kids heard their fathers working in the factories to go to college so you don't have to do what I'm doing?

That mentality has completely killed the work ethic.

BTW, Mike Rowe hosts another show called "How Booze Built America." It's very interesting.

3 posted on 12/14/2013 5:58:45 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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If the republicans were smart they would get this guy to run for office. Everything he is saying about education is 100% correct. However, the republicans aren’t that smart. So, they will keep nominating mushy, corrupt, or inept people like to Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, and Paul Ryan.


4 posted on 12/14/2013 5:59:32 AM PST by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution...)
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mike Rowe makes a lot of sense. I really love that guy!


6 posted on 12/14/2013 6:03:26 AM PST by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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The guy who draws Dilbert also says not to follow your passion. I now follow Jesus. When I was younger I just followed my nose.


8 posted on 12/14/2013 6:08:12 AM PST by Mercat
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I'm an upper, mid-level, manager in a steel mill. I have 102 hourly employees who work as mechanics, electricians and electronics techs. The average age of my crews... 53 years. I can't keep young bloods in this place. They come in here and last about 3 - 6 months and out the door they go. It's too dirty, hot, loud and dangerous they say. Never mind the fact they are making over 65K from the get go. Nope, they choose to quit and go work in a “cleaner” less “intense” environment, like Staples or Office Depot for way less. We're hurting for gear heads and tron-chasers and are willing to pay for them, but too many Mommies and Daddies have insisted their little genius is entitled to a life of White Collar employment and made sure Jr is equipped with a degree in Social Engineering from an on-line “College.” Social Engineering...? WTH is that anyway? So, I'm looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor. Detroit area. Hit me on the side if you, or anyone else you know, is interested.
10 posted on 12/14/2013 6:09:31 AM PST by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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Read “The Millionaire Next Door.” The vast majority of millionaires have little or no college. They own their own small business and they are conservative. They have a 10 year old car and very few of them bought it new. They live in modest homes but generally own them. If they see a penny on the sidewalk, they pick it up, not because it’s valuable but because doing so represents and attitude. (I generally pick up anywhere from one cent to 35 cents on my walk into the gym and around the gym. The kids drop it and don’t even stop to pick it up.)


15 posted on 12/14/2013 6:32:04 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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“Work smart, not hard” has always been my ethic, and I tell my employees to go home early. If they can’t do that, it means I have a time management problem on my hands, and another issue to resolve. I also always evaluate myself the same way, so I know when mucking things up for those around me.


17 posted on 12/14/2013 6:49:15 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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Mike brings a great message. But to some, life’s success is about more than having a job and making money. I went and graduated from college to better understand many things, not to just have a well-paying job. Those who learned a single trade for which the market place has changed and who are now out of a job at 50 years of age, with no future prospects are paying for it. I am approaching 65, and due to my college education and foresight in choosing not to specialize in my field of training, I have not suffered a single day of unemployment since graduation.

I am not rich, but I am comfortable and have been able to provide for my family and for my retirement. If I had not graduated from college, that would not have been my story.

It is true that college is not for everyone. There is no shame in not going to college, and tradesmen should never be treated as second class citizens. In the same vein, college graduates should not be sneered at because they sacrificed their early years to hold out for something better, either.


23 posted on 12/14/2013 8:06:41 AM PST by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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Yeah he is same guy that confused the Time Bandit crew with Northwestern crew back last season

So Andy Hilstranded took You tube gave whole tree on who who on the boat

He kinda call him a loser LOL!


25 posted on 12/14/2013 8:26:24 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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As a retired Ford worker, IMO it’s not a coincidence the company turned around shortly after they brought Mike on board as their spokesman.

Mike Rowe >>>>> Michael Bolton


31 posted on 12/14/2013 9:10:56 AM PST by Bratch
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I like Mike Rowe. He gets it.


38 posted on 12/14/2013 12:12:46 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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As a college drop out with a succesful manufacturing shop employing several people, I find the best coffee in the world is a coffee served to me buy someone with a masters degree in sociology.


42 posted on 12/14/2013 5:15:16 PM PST by Organic Panic
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Rowe spoke to jobs and education on FBN’s Independents program this evening. Excellent points.


43 posted on 01/10/2014 9:25:00 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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