Mike Rowe on "The Worst Advice in the History of the World"

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Started to post this in the politics forum and if anybody wants to flex their e-taint and move it there feel free.

Mike Rowe (Dirtiest Jobs, Deadliest Catch, Ford commercials) is a wicked smaht guy.  I think his advice in this interview is fantastic.  If he ever decides to go into politics (he's a republican supporter, he stumped for Bush during his reelection campaign) he would do really well.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/23/mike-rowe-of-dirty-jobs-speaks-about-hard-work-how-many-are-following-the-worst-advice-in-the-history-of-the-world/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons

Mike Rowe, widely-known from the hit TV show “Dirty Jobs” and a series of Ford commercials, appeared on The Glenn Beck Program Wednesday to discuss his efforts with the mikeroweWORKS Foundation in challenging “the absurd belief that a four-year degree is the only path to success.”

“We’re lending money we don’t have, to kids who will never be able to pay it back, for jobs that no longer exist,” he explained, echoing what he told TheBlaze TV’s Andrew Wilkow earlier this month. “That’s crazy, right? That’s what we’ve been doing for the last forty years.”
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs and Glenn Beck Speak About Hard Work and mikeroweWORKS

Mike Rowe speaks with Glenn Beck about mikeroweWORKS. (Photo: TheBlaze TV)

Rowe’s motivation for the work largely began with what he described as “the worst advice in the history of the world” – a poster he saw in high school challenging students to “work smart, not hard.”  The picture of the person working “smart” was holding a diploma, and the person working “hard” looked miserable performing some form of manual labor.

“Today, skilled trades are in demand. In fact, there are 3 million jobs out there that companies are having a hard time filling. So we thought that skilled trades could do with a PR campaign,” he said with a smile. “So we took the same idea, went ahead and vandalized it. Work smart AND hard.’”

And with that, he unveiled a similar photo — but with the person working hard now more successful than the person simply holding a degree.
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs and Glenn Beck Speak About Hard Work and mikeroweWORKS

(Photo via mikeroweWORKS)

When Beck thanked him, saying that not everyone needs an Ivy League education and he would recommend you shy away from it, though, Rowe said he wanted to make something clear.

“I’m not against a college education. I’m against debt,” he said. “That was the only four letter word in my family…”   I wish every kid fixing to graduate high school would learn this.

What he’s against, Rowe added, is that we started promoting college “at the expense” of the vocational training that, in many cases, is what’s actually needed for the career.

“It’s not about, this is good or this is bad,” Rowe said. “It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school.”

Of the roughly three million jobs that companies are struggling to fill, Rowe said only 8 to 12 percent require a college degree.

“That’s not me saying don’t go to college. I’m saying, to start your life [$150,000] in the hole, [$80,000] in the hole with your art history major…that’s why you’ve got a trillion dollars in debt. These kids can’t find a job that they’ve been trained for, and the expectation is, it should be waiting for me. It ain’t.”

At mikeroweWorks, they’re flipping the traditional notion of scholarships on its head by aiding students who demonstrate a solid work ethic, not financial need or academic or athletic merit.

“Why don’t we reward kids who are willing to learn a new trade, a useful skill, and…prove that they’re willing to get up early, stay late, and volunteer for every crappy task there is?” he said. “Let’s reward the thing we want to encourage. Long story short, we raised $800,000 for work ethic scholarships for this one school [Midwestern Technical Institute].”

And he said that’s only the beginning. Be sure to watch the full clip, below:

[WiregrassTiger]

Are the mods gonna let him get away with this??^^^

[Snaggletiger]

Are the mods gonna let him get away with this??^^^

Next we'll be seeing religious discussions in the baseball forum.  Complete pandemonium if someone doesn't get a handle on this.

Other than that, killer take by Rowe.