Why the scorn and abject derision directed toward a janitor? Do you hold yourself as someone who is superior to a janitor? If so, God forbid that you have a life crisis that leaves you without your current job and where you have to take a “less than optimum” job. Your lack of self-esteem will land you in the toilet.
I just gave guidance to a friend of mine who is totally miserable in her current job as a paralegal. That is her background but for a couple of years, due to a lack of good positions in that field in her living location, she worked as a dog groomer and was happy. She then was offered a job back in the legal field, took it and hates it. She wants to go back to grooming dogs but is afraid that friends and family will think that she’s crazy and “doing work that is beneath her”. I advised her that it’s better to be a happy and contented dog groomer than it is to be a miserable paralegal as long as she can pay her bills. In fact, I told her to go get some more experience and then open her own grooming studio!
I don’t have scorn for the man. I love to see people improve themselves.
I just believe if you are going to college and study you need to study something that will help you in making a living.
I don’t feel the Classics will do that.
It isn’t something I would choose to help me earn a good living.Maybe there IS a big demand in this country for people with a Bachelors degree in the Classics. If so good for him.
Smart advice........It's better to be happy and poor than rich and miserable......
I started to post a story of a guy in the manufacturing plant I used to work for.
To make a long story short, the guy was a machine repairman, (Skilled tradesman) who was brilliant in his job, he could fix any of the stamping presses and any associated equipment in the plant.
Because of his expertise, they promoted him to supervision. Within 6 months he requested to go back to his old job. He didn't have supervisory skills and he couldn't complete the end of day maintenance reports or the weeklys.....he never completed high school and thus had both reading and writing problems.
I don't know if you're familiar with the songs of Harry Chapin, but this gentleman reminds me of the song "Mr. Tanner"..........