Oh, I wanted to see
Jesus Camp.
Hopefully they'll rerun it.
Re: Iceland - one thing that struck me was the percentage of college students who are women - almost two-thirds. I wonder why that is? In the use, aren't college students about 55% women? And isn't the % of African-American college students that are women far higher?
Is it just that men are lame?
Is it just that men are lame?
I think it's that the majority of men without college degrees can earn more money than a woman without. College is not as much an imperative in the fiscal stakes for them.
Is it just that men are lame?
Here is my totally uninformed take. I think there are more good "male" job paths without a college degree than there are "female" job paths. Also, I think there is less pressure against academic achievement for girls than boys.
I think it's that the majority of men without college degrees can earn more money than a woman without.
I'm not sure that explains it all. Don't African American women earn more on average than African American men, due to to African American women being more likely to have gone to college and hold professional jobs?
Maybe I'm disremembering my stats....
I think that Iceland has a significant fishing industry, which skews male in employees and doesn't require a college degree. That might factor in.
Oh, that makes sense.
If I lived in Iceland, I'd probably be considered one of those wusses who are too wussy to fish.
In Reykjavik the bars can stay open all night and Warren Ellis is a gets-recognized-on-the-street celebrity.
These things may be related.
If I had to do it all over again I think I would have spent my highschool and early college summers learning plumbing or air conditioning repair. Women are vastly under-represented in those kinds of fields, the work is in demand and if you do good work, you are in high demand. Furthermore, you can move anywhere in the country and not need a new skill set.
did my non-sequitor kill the thread?
If I had to do it all over again I think I would have spent my highschool and early college summers learning plumbing or air conditioning repair.
I've been tempted to go to my local community college, which has programs in electronics, including AC repair.