My kid's generation doesn't really have a shred of hope, does it?

[zalinda]

51. You do realize that not everyone has these type of skills?

Do you also understand that not every kid gets the same breaks as your kids? For example, my kid couldn't train in HVAC repair, because he more than likely need a driver's license and he can't get one. And while his vision may be good enough to see some major problems with HVAC, would he be able to see the smaller ones? And, then would he have the motor skills to fix those problems?

His high school testing said he should be a butcher? A butcher? They never even took into account his physical limitations. If I had the money to find out what he really could qualify for, he probably would have a job now, maybe even a career. You forget that there are many jobs out there that the poor are not even aware exists, so how could they prepare for them? With a factory job, at least he could take a bus or carpool (you would be surprised how many jobs require a drivers license when they don't even drive on the job). With a factory job, he could figure out how he needs to control his body to perform a certain task over and over again.

Until you are in a situation which limits what you can do, you will never understand what we lessers have to go through.

Z