Most Respected Profession

[Wyrmshadow]

This is meant to be as general a poll as they get. Please post comments and disagreements.

 

[pawpaw]

other--ladies of the night, you get what you paid for and thats important

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

Who do you think TEACHES all these people how to do their jobs?

 

[Perfection]

Hobo, then Whino, followed by, trespasser, hill billy, village idiot, lovable fool, hitchhiker, moonshiner, beach bum, dropout, draft dodger, hippie and welfare collecter.

 

[andrewgprv]

Yay! Teachers are in the lead!

 

[Alex the Great]

Doctor/ Medicine. Despite the highest profession suicide rate, they keep people alive and make a career of it. Hats off to them

 

[newfangle]

I would have to give the award to those in quaternary industry. I'm not sure if teaches are included in that category.

 

[naervod]

Doctors, they are the ones responsible for keeping people alive and helping them. A close second is teachers.

 

[amadeus]

Are not all professions noble in their own ways?

Why is a teacher more deserving of our respect than a plumber?

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

Because becoming a teacher is a bigger achievement than becoming a plumber.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

notice no one has voted lawyer? And who voted for a politician?

 

[nihilistic]

Originally posted by rmsharpe
Are not all professions noble in their own ways?

Why is a teacher more deserving of our respect than a plumber?

It doesn't take much to be a plumber. It (usually) takes a lot to be a teacher. Especially in this country where teachers (and academics in general) receive much less respect and pay than usual, it takes a lot more to be a teacher. However, with the quality of the posts you submit to this forum, I am not surprised that teachers have not been of value to you.

I'm putting teachers in #2 place though, after doctors.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Out of these professions, whom would you trust?

 

[lceman]

Military - Volunteers but they get paid, a close 2nd
Government - F*CK THE GOVERNMENT AND ANYONE IN IT
Lawyers - Liars
Clergy - Liars, the like the power
Police/Fire - Getting paid, close 3rd
Doctor/Medicine - cant afford a doctor so f*ck 'em
Teachers - never tought me sh*t/govt propagandist
Journalist/Media - Liars/govt propagandist
Volunteer/Charity - No pay, no power, #1 Easily

 

[Hygro]

Lawyers are very respectable, but not inherintly the most respectable. I don't like doctors because the way medical school works it kills the humanity in doctors. Most doctors I've met are no smarter than the rest of us and are rather lazy in that everything they don't readily recognize must be a psycological problem.

I;m not gonna vote.

 

[Plexus]

Military, followed by Teachers and Clergy.

 

[Speedo]

All professions have their place. Doing the job that you want to do and enjoy doing instead of being concerned with what others think makes you more worthy of respect in my eyes.

That said, any of the professions that involve putting yourself in danger for others rank #1. Fire/police/military.

 

[sonorakitch]

It doesn't take much to be a plumber. It (usually) takes a lot to be a teacher.

Actually, plumbers are highly skilled at their craft, and tend to make much more money than the average person expects. I have heard plumbers called "a lawyers salary with a crack".

I find a military post the most honorable, noble career path to wander down; they realize death is at the doorstep and do not hesitate to protect his/her country and interests. True, a doctor saves lives and a teacher educates the young, but few careers place one in front of a bullet or RPG.

~Chris

 

[metalhead]

Lawyers. Everyone hates them, until they need one...

 

[De Lorimier]

My brother-in-law is a lawyer. He's a decent guy until we talk about the law and his job. For some reasons lawyers become pricks in those situations. Believe me metalhead, some people still hate lawyers afetr their services are no longuer required.