I don't think I'd said that.
This is what happens when you avoid manual labor your whole life.
I agree Chris, people do seem to be more settled when they accomplish something physical then mental.
Seen some big burn outs from those that soon find the strain of sitting about just day to day doing the same thing, no challenge really.
Kids , come home and all proud show the family they got a A in a subject, well they are expected to aren't they ? Same kids come home with a totally unexpected achievement, look Mom I made you a book shelf in shop. This can become a parents most valuable gift and displayed for life in a spot of honor .
Grandma may have been a Teacher or Liberian for 40 years but the things she made, rugs, quilts, afghans become precious to us.
Carpenters with the love of wood and knowledge of it, Stone masons and carvers that create things that will last a thousand years, Street artists and jewelry makers, all must be trained in their field not just like they as kids had any idea how to do this and now must learn from a master or parent.
Old days our most famous teachers, doctors and scientists came from wealthy family's and could devote their life to learning in their field. Today many with a degree in one thing get burned out and keep changing majors as there is just something missing in their lives.
Professional students we call them, 50 years old and never worked a day of labor in their life.
Few are equipped to become rocket scientists and the best that are passed over for some real nudnicks due to the racial quotas and what not. Affirmative action is a joke.
I am a big supporter of the trade schools, some schools are bringing back shop class's of all kinds. Today both sexes are welcome and a good tailor in sewing class gets paid good money.
I see no need for a 4 year college to teach Geology to a student interested in film art, no reason for political science or woman's studies for a student that majors in recreational arts.
If one wishes to become a Lawyer, then study law, forget wasting time on unrelated subjects. If one wishes to become a Carpenter head out into the north woods and learn as much as one can about timber, probably be more fun then being a Lawyer any way.
Get them the students out of the class room and have hands on training to something they can show to the world and be proud of.
Work should be a love affair not a burden.
