Education, Education, Education

Isn't it just strange to think, back in my day (I'm in my 40's), people would say "Get A Job!" and to "Stop Being a Student" when you figure that I have been in education since I was 5 !

I'm a head teacher these days, but always worked in education!

Never got a "Real Job"!

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Get an education get a job get an education get a job ...

Thankfully, more than a handful of returning WW2 GIs went to school on their return and did so with an intensity that made them an impossible act to follow.

In an ever transitioning world where yesteryear's opportunity may become next year's dead end, maybe we should follow that successful model of the 1940s and 50s. and head back to school rather than beat a dead horse. Unfortunately, doing so as a 40 year old with a family it's difficult to take a few years off to retool yourself so beating that dead horse becomes the easier option.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Heartlander My formal education went to year 12 (end of high school), and a try at university but I burned myself out for yr 12, never had a break (no such thing as a 'gap year' then) and I left uni. I get plenty of training in my job so it's not like I've never continued being educated, but it's all career-focused vocational type training, not general 'life' training. People who work as teachers are awesome! Some of the people at my work are married to teachers.