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Originally Posted by pfreivald
His comment about how 'nobody wants a manual labor job' was not well-received . . .
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I was a manual laborer from age 17 to age 30 and hated every day of it.
It's been 27 years since donning the 'white collar', but I'm pretty sure I recall that just about all my unskilled labor co-workers hated their lot in life too.
I am responding NOT to take issue with your post.
Not to invalidate your feelings (nor anyone's feelings) about the statement.
I just think it's fair to consider the context.
Dean was talking *to the students* who attended the champs.
Was it reasonable for him to assume that none of
them aspire to a manual labor job?
I think so.
If you happened to be within earshot, it doesn't mean he was talking *to* you or *about* you.
Edit: it would have perhaps been better if he'd said that
he assumed none of the students "wants a manual labor job", but I'm not willing to vilify him for not being so semantically precise.