Hi, Ruth:
That is a very nice article. I could not agree more with
the premise that some of us aren't meant to be desk jockeys. Many years
ago, I decided that becoming an engineer wasn't my cup of tea. I wanted to
do something with my hands. I quit college and went to a trade school to
become a cabinetmaker. Years later, that helped me land a job in the piano
business.
It's really tragic that so many students are pushed into competition with
more gifted academic students, and lose self esteem because they excel in
other areas. I remember a shop teacher who took troubled students under his
wing, and taught them how to use a linotype and work in a print shop. We
called him "Chief". It's not enough to just give education in a
"one-size-fits-all" cookie cutter school. Everyone has different talents
and these must be discovered and developed. Otherwise, we have "square pegs
in round holes".
Paul McCloud
San Diego
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ruth Phillips
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:58 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org; Ruth at alliedpiano.com
Subject: [pianotech] outstanding article
Dear list, I've tried to send this a few times. Its writer is a motorcycle
mechanic, but could just as well be
describing our profession. I hope you are able to get it. I'm sending it
to myself also as a test. Ruth Phillips
ruth at alliedpiano.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?scp=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?scp=1&sq=working%
20with%20your%20hands&st=cse> &sq=working%20with%20your%20hands&st=cse
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