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Keyser Söze

On 7/25/15 2:26 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:53:49 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I wasn't thinking of the Navy when I posted the above, but you are
certainly correct. Some of the best tradespeople are military trained
... Navy SeaBees is an excellent example. I worked with them for a
while doing electrical work. I am sure the Army and other service
branches have excellent schools and training programs as well.

I did a little looking into these apprenticeship programs. The typical
ones I looked had 360 hours of class time spread out over 4 years. If
this was the navy, IBM or just about anyone who actually wants to get
people trained in a reasonable time would run this whole thing in
about 8-10 weeks.

I understand that there is also the "experience" part of the training
but that should be done on the job.

And once again, you display your ignorance. The "experience" part of the
training *is* done on the job. Most of the training, in fact, is done on
the job under the watchful eyes of journeymen. Only the first couple of
weeks, typically, are entirely classroom, and a good part of that time
is spent working on mockups.

I'll say this...you are a leading advocate for the dumbing down of
America and the cheapening of labor and the skills of working men and
women.