On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:38:30 -0800, "John R. Carroll"
wrote:

big snip
How do practices that encourage a lowest common denominator work force
benefit anyone Tom?
Here is an idea. Take some of your new found free time and have you and your
sister get of your asses.
Found a training center for the "Roberts" in your community. That is what
your community relies on it's leaders to do, not go fishing.

I've worked with "Roberts" too. They will never, ever be
more than they currently are no matter how much
training/education you try to jam down their throat. You can
show them how to do something today, they will do it okay,
two months later (or less) you can do it all over again,
repeat...

They are not bad people, criminals or anything like that,
but they will never become a "rocket scientist". And if for
some reason you try to have them perform at that level,
because what the hey, they've been trained, have a piece of
paper saying so, you'll will end up with the mess we have
today. People with a "college education" that can't use a
$10 calculator to figure out that there is no way they can
afford the mortgage on their house...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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