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I used to think very differently

Back when I was a dumb teenager, I used to think that people who did trade work like mechanics, plumbing, electrical work, and heating and cooling work weren’t very smart.

I don’t know where I got this idea from, but I’m guessing it was from the media and television shows that I was watching during that period of time.

I know that a lot of my teachers in high school put a heavy emphasis on the importance of going to college, too. It always seemed like the kids who were in the technical classes weren’t considered to be serious students like the ones in the college prep classes, and I don’t know why that was. Of course, now that I’m older, I see that this sort of thinking is absolutely crazy. For instance, I know several guys who work as HVAC professionals and they are some of the smartest people that I know. One HVAC repairman that I know is in the middle of completing some other certification classes on new types of heating technology and another one is thinking about opening up his own commercial HVAC company here in town. I guess that sometimes, people don’t think that trade workers are quite as smart as college professors, but honestly, I don’t think that’s true at all. I would like to see a college professor try to do a heat pump installation or an air conditioning repair job. I guess it just depends on what you consider as the definition of smart! These days, I think I would prefer to be an HVAC technician than a college professor.

 

 

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