Henry Ford：My Life and Work, Additional Excerpt 345

I am not in sympathy with the trade school as it is commonly organized--the boys get only a smattering of knowledge and they do not learn how to use that knowledge. The trade school should not be a cross between a technical college and a school; it should be a means of teaching boys to be productive. If they are put at useless tasks--at making articles and then throwing them away--they cannot have the interest or acquire the knowledge which is their right. And during the period of schooling the boy is not productive; the schools--unless by charity--make no provision for the support of the boy. Many boys need support; they must work at the first thing which comes to hand. They have no chance to pick and choose.

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