03-04-2018, 06:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2018, 07:07 AM by homeschoolmom1.)
All very interesting contributions. It ties in with career advice I might offer my kids. Many websites list "teacher" among jobs that will be extinct in 50 years. But then, kids still need to be warehoused while their parents work. What will that look like? A huge room with 200 computers and 1 adult supervisor? That would be the most efficient. Of course, the wealthy would choose private schools with a very different curriculum and class size. Since many jobs of 2050 have not yet been invented, I will just continue to teach my kids to learn how to learn, think critically, speak the truth, do the right thing and be kind and hope and pray that they will be ok. No no, not just ok but have a spectacular life and leave the world a better place.
Another anecdote: My Dad in the 1950s in Germany had "typewriter mechanic/repairman" as a dream job. He was devastated when he did not get accepted.(good luck finding a job in that line of work today...) He spent his career as an accountant. It paid the bills, but he did not love it. He tinkered with mechanical and electronic things in his spare time: Bottomline: sometimes things happen for a reason, things change, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
Another anecdote: My Dad in the 1950s in Germany had "typewriter mechanic/repairman" as a dream job. He was devastated when he did not get accepted.(good luck finding a job in that line of work today...) He spent his career as an accountant. It paid the bills, but he did not love it. He tinkered with mechanical and electronic things in his spare time: Bottomline: sometimes things happen for a reason, things change, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
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