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« on: September 09, 2006, 11:08:19 PM »
ok, i am going to have to brag on my 20 year old... he was home schooled and always felt he was dumber than others because he didnt have the same "book" learning.. we live in a farm area in wisconsin and i have a small farm... he grew up knowing how to work and work on things... some welding, fixing the knotter on the baler, cutting firewood....
at age 19 he got a job with a construction company... making more than most men up here.. last winter his boss liked his work ethic so well he kept him on and moved him inside the shop.... put him with two men who had the job of fabricating a part. he was told the quota was 40 parts. the first hour he made 30... the next 35.. the next 37, 38.... never quite made 40 .. but then it was his first day doing it... but it still frustrated him.
at the end of the day the boss came back to see how he was doing and explained to him that the quota was 40 parts per day... not 40 an hour.. needless to say he was given the department and the other two men were moved to another area.
i had told him the story of a friend of mine that while i went to college took a job as a janitor... a year later i came home from college and he was vp for the companies midwest division making 200,000 a year... he explained.. he just always worked hard and did his best.. and they kept giving him more responsibilities and raises...
my son saw a glimspe of that.... one day inside and promoted over two men that had been there for years