| Well I've stayed away from it for ... ever. With the | | | | The worst part of this whole thing (in my view) is |
| Subprime issue in full force, I've formally decided to | | | | that our trades do not help us in finding a new |
| join the ranks of the unemployed (not a proud day). | | | | career. I mean, can a Framer's skills help a network |
| I don't even know what to do. In the 18 years that | | | | marketing company make money? Also, we for the |
| I've been in the concrete trade I have never had a | | | | most part like it outside, in the weather. We make |
| day off that I didn't want. Now I have all the days | | | | fun of the newcomers when they whimper about |
| off I don't want. | | | | the cold, heat, rain, snow, crazy hours, and hard |
| There seems to be no hope in site for us | | | | work. We are proud that we can handle this kind of |
| construction folk. What will we all do, many of us | | | | work environment day in and day out. Can we handle |
| only know this line of work (including me), that does | | | | being shackled to a desk, inside? Will it make us sick |
| not leave very many options for employment. The | | | | or worse, make us weak? Will they, the desk |
| other day I saw where online colleges were having a | | | | workers make fun of us when we wine? These are |
| banner year. Maybe that's the thing to do, go to | | | | very chilling thoughts. |
| school? Is this a good idea? Most of us are the ones | | | | Those of us that have been building for more than a |
| in school voted least likely to succeed or dropped | | | | decade or so are at a loss of what to do. How do |
| out. Which Doesn't help with getting into a college. | | | | you prove self worth when your getting a |
| Another query, how do we pay for this higher | | | | government hand out. It's hard to sit at home and do |
| learning? It's hard enough just to keep a roof over | | | | nothing. We are probably responsible for the jump in |
| our heads, food on the table, and shoes on our feet. | | | | alcohol sales. It's not easy going from working your |
| What about learning? Most of us were never good at | | | | guts out to doing nothing. Some may have found a |
| that anyway. We have been doing the same thing | | | | way to cope with this mighty change in lifestyle (I |
| for so long that learning is a thing of the past. Most | | | | started a blog). Some will not. |
| have become Teacher's of their trade to the next | | | | My hope for all of us is that we can go back to |
| batch of class clowns that decided not to go to | | | | work before long and prove our self worth to our |
| college. What a transition that would be, from | | | | family, friends and ourselves. |
| Teacher to student. | | | | |