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Old 10-25-2014, 01:39 PM
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To me, industry is a trade.
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.
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
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.