Bad News For Dropouts Jobs That Are No More
f you work with youngsters dropout may say hopefully. "Not
who say that they do not true," you can reply. Pearl has
plan to finish school, they already passed the testing stage
should know that even robots for use in both nursing homes and
finish school. That's important private residences.
to know because these educated
robots are in training to take G O I N G Maid
over many of the jobs that are G O I N G Housekeeper
still open to dropouts. Name the G O N E Custodian
job that is still open to
dropouts, and USA Today (5-1-03) It's called Roomba FloorVac, and
can name the robot that can do it's not even expensive. For
the job cheaper. Check out what about the price of a regular
is happening to these jobs that vacuum, you can now own a robotic
your students say they will vacuum that can do the job
always be able to do without a without supervision. The Roomba
diploma. will never call in sick, ask for
a raise or beg for the day off
G O I N G Nursing Home Aide either. Other devices exist or
G O I N G Aide to the Disabled will soon exist for other
G O N E Caregiver to the Elderly cleaning chores.
Have you heard about Pearl? Pearl G O I N G Lawn Mower
is a robotic nurse. She "has G O I N G Gardener
cameras for eyes, a computer G O N E Grounds Worker
screen for a chest and a tray or
basket in which she can carry It costs just a bit more than a
items to an elderly or disabled traditional lawn mower but no
person," says USA Today. "That's people are needed to run it. It's
so far away," your potential not a dream for the future but a
product that has been on the robotic butler who will unlock
market for at least a year. the door of your home when you
arrive, alert you to who else is
G O I N G Baby Sitter home, and perform tasks for you
G O I N G Nanny on the internet. Other robots can
G O N E Child Care Worker call people by name and fetch or
deliver items as directed. A
The ER-2 can not only tell machine named Grace can even
stories or play games with kids register you for a conference,
while their parents are away, the take notes, and chat with other
device can also patrol the attendees. Some of these machines
property. If the ER-2 detects a even manage themselves. USA Today
problem, it can not only notify reports that MARION-1 even plugs
you, but it can also show you a itself in between charges when it
picture of the problem too. feels "woozy."
Machines will soon be able to
prepare simple food items, set Other jobs that don't require
the table and clear it too. diplomas, but may be headed
That's more than many baby towards mechanization include
sitters do. fast food worker, customer
service worker, receptionist,
G O I N G Home Aide clerk, toll taker, cashier,
G O I N G Attendant dishwasher, bus boy, hostess,
G O N E Personal Assistant newspaper delivery person, and
ticket taker.
MARION-1 can turn on and off
house appliances as you command Is there any encouraging news on
via your cell phone, starting the the job front for potential
oven or turning off the dryer. dropouts? With the economy at its
Soon, you can also purchase a worse since perhaps before World
War II, it appears that today, a sentence. USA Today includes this
high school diploma is far more blunt and devastating comment by
critical than anyone could have Brandeis University robotics
imagined. USA Today noted that expert, Jordan Pollack: "I
machines used to tackle only believe that there is a low-paid
repetitive tasks like factory human who folds clothes cheaper
work, or jobs that no human than any robot we could make."
should have to do like searching You may wish to relay this
for bodies during a disaster. information to students
Now, machines are starting to be considering dropping out of
able to take over jobs that may school. Unless the student's
have been fine ways to earn a dream job is to fold clothes for
living, especially for people who almost no money, they may want to
had fewer employment options due do whatever it takes to get that
to their lack of a diploma. diploma.
The article had just the WANT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES to
slightest morsel of hope for detour dropouts? Our web site
dropouts, but that hope was link has hundreds more. The link
dashed by the end of the is below.
About the Author:
Ruth Wells MS is the director of Youth Change, http://www.youthchg.com. Get free samples and see 100s more of her problem-stopping interventions at Youth Change's web site. Ruth is the author of dozens of books and ebooks, and conducts professional development workshops
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