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In <IfLiGe600WB98iAXsl@andrew.cmu.edu> Lili Velez <lv08+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:


>Is there something inherently _wrong_ about being a truck driver?  Must we
>be disappointed in someone who _wants_ to be a beautician, a cook, a
>mechanic?

I definitely agree.  And I'll bring the discussion a little closer to home. 
I have (since the day that I started college) wanted to be a High School
science teacher.  I am currently a graduate student at the Kansas State
Physics department, with my area of specialty being Physics Education.

You would not believe how many times I have encountered fallen faces of
Professors and peers who all ask the same question, "You're so intelligent,
why would you want to do something like teach high school."    Well, the
answer is, because: A) Somebody's got to do it.  B) I know I'm good at it.
and C) It gives me emotional and intellectual satisfaction  (i.e. I enjoy
doing it).

So how is this any different from looking down ones nose at truck drivers or
mechanics or other service employee's.  The fact of the matter is, the level
of education needed to compete for and sucessfully complete these jobs is
increasing every day.  To my way of thinking, fixing cars is a much more
self-actualizing way to live than scurrying around a law-library
photocopying articles for people. 

-David Iverson
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diverson@phys.ksu.edu