Forum Post: What are some of the hardest working jobs and why do college degrees pay higher wages?
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 27, 2011, 12:01 p.m. EST by FriendlyObserverA
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College jobs are easy and clean.
Because our society has decided (wrongly, I think) that there is a hierarchy of jobs in which some pay more per hour than others. However, rather than being based on energy required to do the job, the value is based on how long it took the person doing it to acquire the skills to do it and/or how much does a given job contribute to the bottom line. I think we have to move beyond the concept of labor (the hard physical work) and accept the idea that there is enough for the entire globe if we just work together to combine technology that will do virtually all of the work presently done by people, with technology that creates self-sustaining cities where everyone receives shelter, clothing, food, and an education that allows each student to discover his or her best talent and develop it. Of course, this also requires transitioning to an economy based on resources, but there is a plan for that out there, too. We have the ability to surge into the 21st Century or stall in the old thinking patterns until we self destruct. The old ideas enabled us to get this far in our technological advances; now we need to apply those advances to the betterment of everyone. If we cooperate instead of compete, we are capable of miracles.
They don't. With my M.Ed my job paid $14 an hour to counsel unemployed people in writing resumes and other job hunting skills. This is one of the fallacies that we are fed every day to boost college enrollments. Most people just need job training and college does that poorly. College is a cash cow for loan companies. I advised all my kids to own their own businesses. Make just as much and master of your own destiny.
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