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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 603144" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Things that are worse today:</p><p>1) Our workforce is driven by education. Practical experience is worth nothing - often, even IF you have paper. But... people with learning disabilities and Aspies and others used to be able to just BE different, and found their way just fine. (My grandpa was one.) Today, we try and make ALL kids fit into the education system - no exceptions, no alternatives (except home schooling, and even then not available to all), no real allowances for the need to learn differently. You even need 1-2 years of training to even <em>begin as an apprentice</em>. There is no field of work left that I know of, where you can start at the real bottom and still get somewhere in life. Your choice is dead-end jobs, or get a school-based education, including post-secondary. </p><p> </p><p>2) People "care" more about what is happening across the country or half way around the world, than they do about what is happening in their own community. It's part of the disconnect of a so-called "connected age". We are rapidly losing our ability to be a community, losing our ability to be a civilization. The downside of being a strong community is that it tends to foster an "us" vs. "them" mentality, which is by nature more inclusive and supportive but also more intolerant. </p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Most </strong>people today have:</p><p>1) no phone manners</p><p>2) no idea how to answer the door</p><p>3) no idea how to write a letter</p><p>4) no idea how to be helpful without sticking their nose into other people's business</p><p>5) no courtesy</p><p></p><p>And I don't believe that where I live is substantially worse than most of the so-called "Western world".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 603144, member: 11791"] Things that are worse today: 1) Our workforce is driven by education. Practical experience is worth nothing - often, even IF you have paper. But... people with learning disabilities and Aspies and others used to be able to just BE different, and found their way just fine. (My grandpa was one.) Today, we try and make ALL kids fit into the education system - no exceptions, no alternatives (except home schooling, and even then not available to all), no real allowances for the need to learn differently. You even need 1-2 years of training to even [I]begin as an apprentice[/I]. There is no field of work left that I know of, where you can start at the real bottom and still get somewhere in life. Your choice is dead-end jobs, or get a school-based education, including post-secondary. 2) People "care" more about what is happening across the country or half way around the world, than they do about what is happening in their own community. It's part of the disconnect of a so-called "connected age". We are rapidly losing our ability to be a community, losing our ability to be a civilization. The downside of being a strong community is that it tends to foster an "us" vs. "them" mentality, which is by nature more inclusive and supportive but also more intolerant. [B] Most [/B]people today have: 1) no phone manners 2) no idea how to answer the door 3) no idea how to write a letter 4) no idea how to be helpful without sticking their nose into other people's business 5) no courtesy And I don't believe that where I live is substantially worse than most of the so-called "Western world". [/QUOTE]
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