Originally Posted by
Mindgames
No reason at all why everyone should - but unless a few do, the plumber won't have anyone looking after what goes in his pipes.
Sure, you can earn more with a trade than with an education in many cases, but cramming all that rarely-used stuff into your head changes the way it works. I think like a shrink even when I'm being paid like an artist. Don't know if it makes me a better artist or not, but it helps me negotiate!
IMO it's not so much about how far you need to go, as how far you want to. Someone may not need the old core skills like mental arithmetic and spelling to get a decent paycheck, but the person who sets out to learn those skills anyway has an approach to life that will get them further. It's not what the skill is in itself, but the interest in learning something new each day. That's why having things like non-native languages on your resume carries a lot of weight even if the job doesn't need them - someone who learned Inuit from a book can probably understand the manual for the new trash compactor.
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