On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:42 AM, judy <judyewc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But what did they learn? That ... their success was dependent on getting > other people to do things for them? > Ironically, this is probably the most important lesson they would have learned, and the answer to Judy's question is Yes. In our company, operators work 10 hours daily on the production floor, and they make under $20K a month. I have earned graduate degrees from 3 universities - and I have to work 8 hours a day (overseeing training development) making about $45K a year. My boss - the general manager of the Israeli facility of the company - makes much more and he certainly does not directly participate in any production process. The CEO of the company in NJ makes $45K/month - and, as you have correctly guessed by now, his well-being is directly dependent on how well he can get other people work for him. Are you sure you still want to insist the kids have to learn how to build houses of sticks on their own? Read Mark Twain again. Tom Sawyer School of Fence Whitewash Management is the best textbook one can think of, in terms of the above deliberations... Best - Lev -- Lev ABRAMOV http://il.linkedin.com/in/levabramov ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------