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Originally Posted by pqrstar
To me, industry is a trade.
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I thought I picked a word that would cover every activity, like the banking industry or advertising industry.
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I don't think public schools were created to teach automobile assembly, brick laying, truck driving, manufacturing, welding, pipefitting, baking, cooking, etc.
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Perhaps not in the beginning. But if one could read and do math he might be qualified to serve as an apprentice. My father graduated, as a tool and die maker, from a public trade school.
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Early American schools taught reading, writing, 'rithmetic, and citizenship
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There was a man who lived in Leesburg and was featured in the Daily Sun a few times. The first time was when he turned 100. He eventually lived to 109. He said he quit school to help support his family. All he had was a grammar school diploma but he got a job in a bank as a bank teller. Over the years he was promoted to loan officer because they trained him for it.