Saturday, May 15, 2010

DuLong rediscovers work that built US

Here's a piece I discovered....
Check out....   http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37158512/ns/today-today_books/

Jessica DuLong, a graduate of Stanford University, accepted a serendipitous invitation and discovered a whole new world of work. She volunteered aboard a retired New York City fireboat and then spent the next 10 years learning the complex machinery that was built decades before the advent of computers. As she joined the restoration team, she discovered a newfound passion for hands-on work.

Diversify Workforce

Again a call to "Diversify Nevada's Workforce".  "We can't go on depending on gambling and mining"....
Again........   I say you can't have a "diversified workforce" until you have an educated workforce  (and I mean an educated Technical workforce.   So far, a lot of talk, not much action