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I took it to mean what you thought it said. I'm also thinking if those people misunderstood your intent, perhaps they should have been paying attention to their comprehension classes in High School!
Flame off.
I've had to try and motivate students high school students at my PEG access station, and explain to them that they have a tremendous opportunity to use the facility, and actually train on equipment that they normally wouldn't get to touch until Junior or Senior year in college. We've fortunate to have a school that trains in TV production, and they can use it to create their own videos for the web and beyond. But it's disappointing that only 1 or 2 will follow up on the chance.
Those that do, tend to excel and come back happy they took advantage of the opportunities. It'd be nice if more kids did follow through on it... but you can't force people to be excited about a profession. If you want to learn, I'll teach you. if not - there's always a couch to sit on where you can watch what others are creating.
a point of clarification
Yesterday, I overheard some twentysomethings complaining about how much they hated their jobs. After a few minutes, it became clear that none of them took high school seriously, and at least a couple of them had dropped out of community college because it was, in their words, "too hard." I Twitt...
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