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GB wrote:
On 08/09/2013 14:33, Mr Pounder wrote:

Hmmmm, when I got my first job as an apprentice I would probably have
floundered if asked why I wanted to become a heating engineer.
Who interviews them Adam? Somebody hands on or somebody sat all day in the
office?

It's a daft question, really. Some jobs are a vocation - missionary,
teacher, doctor, etc. But nobody has a vocation to be an electrician.

No wonder manual skills are so much looked down on in the UK.

It's just a way to earn a living that's quite interesting and involves a
mixture of mental and manual skills.

Plenty of teachers just fall into the job because it's one they think they
understand - after all everyone goes to school. That, and the short hours,
holidays and pension.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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