I want to have a job that matters. Not the job that takes the most schooling, or has the most prestige, but one where I am actually making a positive impact on the world. Some of the jobs I respect the most maybe don't always get the respect they deserve. Like car mechanics, or any sort of repairmen, or builders of things. I appreciate them building up a better world, and fixing it if something goes wrong.
I lost all respect for one of my chemistry professors when I overheard her ripping on construction workers, first complaining about things they had done wrong in building her lab, and then moving on to saying things about all construction workers like "You have to have a low enough IQ to be a construction worker." Just because you are a doctor of chemistry and went to school for a long time does not give you the right to talk people down like that.
Here's a quote that I really like (no disrespect meant for anyone who doesn't fit this criteria):
"If your job wasn't performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book, I'm not sure it's.....necessary."
Let's take it back to basics, people. We don't really need all the things we think we do. And in fact, we might be better off with less than we have now. So go plumbers! Go teachers! And everyone be nice.
Sorry this was a little scattered. But that's how my thoughts come out.
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