Jobs After Leaving School
NFORTUNATELY there have grown up in the ‘™ minds of parents and children many false notions of the prestige attached to certain occupations and a corresponding lack of it in others. It is difficult to understand, for instance, the prejudice against housework, the work for which so many girls are eminently suited, work too which should be so valuable a preparation for home life when later they marry and have homes of their own. To some
parents the word "factory" is anathema, and there have been cases of parents urging and almost forcing girls into office work for which they were quite unsuited just because they felt it had a better standing. Why, I don’t know. I wish these parents would learn more about factory work in all its branches tather than judge it by one superficial acquaintance, as so many do. In factories are to be found some of the oldest trades of the world, spinning and weaving for instance, dressmaking and millinery. The same remarks apply to boys who object to starting as messengers, or to doing jobs given to the new junior on the staff. Many people are unaware of the excellent opportunities in such avenues as farming and warehouse work, and so on. (G. W. C. Drake, Vocational Guidance Officer, in a talk with A. B. Thompson, "School and Vocation,’ 1YA, September 26.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 5
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230Jobs After Leaving School New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 5
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