Prestigious Careers

[Rootabager]

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Because my 3 friends who are firefighters are only firefighters because they didnt go to college, couldnt get other jobs and this job has ridiculous retirement/benefits. Now thats prestige.

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they risk their lives to save ppl, who cares if you didnt go to college.

[MarkD]

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Because my 3 friends who are firefighters are only firefighters because they didnt go to college, couldnt get other jobs and this job has ridiculous retirement/benefits. Now thats prestige.

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I'd be curious to see this same poll pre 9/11, in my mind this is when people seemed to go nuts over firefighters nationwide.

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Not in canada. I think they would have been right up there at the top regardless of 9/11 and they should be.

Also, there level of education is irrelevant. So is their motivation for becoming a fireman in the first place IMO. They risk their lives to save other peoples lifes in important ways. That deserves a high level of presitge.

[MarkD]

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Because my 3 friends who are firefighters are only firefighters because they didnt go to college, couldnt get other jobs and this job has ridiculous retirement/benefits. Now thats prestige.

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Because they aren't as well educated or intelligent as you their job isn't prestigious? REALLY?

Your argument doesn't really make sense.

['Chair]

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Americans view firefighters and doctors as having the most prestigious professions, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll.

When read a list of different occupations, 63% of respondents to the telephone poll said they feel firefighters have "very great" prestige, while 58% said doctors do. Other professions that were seen as having very great prestige included: nurses (55%), scientists (54%), teachers (52%) and military officers (51%).

The occupations seen by the fewest people as having very great prestige were: real-estate brokers (6%), stockbrokers (11%), business executives (11%), actors (12%), union leaders (12%) and journalists (12%).

lol.

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Why do you "lol"? The data you posted seems to be the correct answer.

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think of the type of ppl who take the time to go through a phone survey.

[SlowHabit]

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web page

Americans view firefighters and doctors as having the most prestigious professions, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll.

When read a list of different occupations, 63% of respondents to the telephone poll said they feel firefighters have "very great" prestige, while 58% said doctors do. Other professions that were seen as having very great prestige included: nurses (55%), scientists (54%), teachers (52%) and military officers (51%).

The occupations seen by the fewest people as having very great prestige were: real-estate brokers (6%), stockbrokers (11%), business executives (11%), actors (12%), union leaders (12%) and journalists (12%).

lol.

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Why do you "lol"? The data you posted seems to be the correct answer.

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think of the type of ppl who take the time to go through a phone survey.

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GG.

[dibbs]

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Also, there level of education is irrelevant.

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Subtle level? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] But yes I agree with this sentiment.

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So is their motivation for becoming a fireman in the first place IMO.

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Agreed, a life saving yet misanthropic doctor who only became one so his father wouldn't hate him,would and should be just as prestigious in the eyes of society.

[kurosh]

yeah right at nurses having high prestige

[ArturiusX]

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Because my 3 friends who are firefighters are only firefighters because they didnt go to college, couldnt get other jobs and this job has ridiculous retirement/benefits. Now thats prestige.

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I'd be curious to see this same poll pre 9/11, in my mind this is when people seemed to go nuts over firefighters nationwide.

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Meh, firefighters always had respect of the community. 9/11 just reinforced it.

[lennytheduck]

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Because my 3 friends who are firefighters are only firefighters because they didnt go to college, couldnt get other jobs and this job has ridiculous retirement/benefits. Now thats prestige.

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I'd be curious to see this same poll pre 9/11, in my mind this is when people seemed to go nuts over firefighters nationwide.

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If you've ever seen the show Rescue Me on FX it plays to this sort of thing a lot. How the firefighters got way more tail, recognition, etc (and understandably so) after 9/11. Of course they are NYPD firefighters, though I'm sure the guys fanning flames in Boise got some more cred during that time as well.

[wiper]

i certainly don't teach for the money or the prestige...any teacher will tell you it's for the summers! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] getting paid to wake up at noon, play poker all day and drink all night makes sept-may worth it...

i will say, however, that when i'm teaching, and i have literally every set of eyes in the room on me, hanging on my every word, because they're interested and learning...that's awesome. awesome.

i teach adhd kids for the most part (with autistic/bi-polar/asperger's kid thrown in), so those moments are few and far between, but i had a couple this week..and they always seem to come off the cuff...whenever i just start talking about cool [censored] i know about the world, stuff that isn't in books, they eat it up.

so yeah, i doubt 'teacher' makes it high on 'prestigious careers' lists, but there are moments where you can literally feel your worth.

then, you go home and drink.

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