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What is the most important job...

AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
edited August 2015 in General Discussion
in the world? Imagine the one job without which civilization would be hurt tremendously. I think it's teaching. Without teachers knowledge transfer would come to a crawl if not a screeching halt. Innovation would become extremely rare and ignorance would flourish.
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  • NOAHNOAH Member Posts: 9,690
    edited November -1
    no matter how many teachers you have if you don't know how to keep supplying food and replenish the water supply all is lost,that is ahand me down knowledge. but you do need teaching to keep it up and running better.
  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Without farmers, mankind just reverted to the hunter/gatherer stage of civilization. See also nomadic peoples.
  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,154 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    FARMER
    W/o someone growing food, the rest of the population is DEAD.
  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Protector. Of yourself and your family. Then, Teacher, in the role sense, not the academic teacher of our school systems. Think of it. Your primary duties as a parent are to safeguard your offspring to ensure the continuation of your line, and ultimately, the species. Then your next job is to teach the child about life. How to avoid danger and how to provide for his own family. The basics.
  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    What a bunch!!!

    the most important job in the world is "GOOD MOTHER". She incorporates all the above and has the ability to start you in the first place.
  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,392 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some of the most screwed up people I have been around are public school teachers.
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ray B
    What a bunch!!!

    the most important job in the world is "GOOD MOTHER". She incorporates all the above and has the ability to start you in the first place.
    I totally agree with you. [:)] I was describing the role, not the title of the person. Long before there were formally titled school teachers and official protectors/cops, there were families and family groups. The parent(s) performed the role of protecting and teaching all life skills and knowledge.
  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Toilet Paper Manufacturer![:D]

    Then Hunter. You can make food, shelter, tools etc.
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  • TopkickTopkick Member Posts: 4,452 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In Texas, it's the a/c guy.

    Without it, everything shuts down.


    Actually, the * has the most important job, jus' sayin.






    But, then again I may be speaking redundantly!
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..In this day, age and culture, I have to agree with FARMER. However, farming has become specialized. It used to be that every farm had a wider variety of crops, milk cows, chickens, a few hogs, etc. Farmer A can no longer replace farmer B.
    ..It is hard to argue against teachers. (and Mothers)
  • moonshinemoonshine Member Posts: 8,471
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Midwife
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You either mine or farm or you live off of those that do. Everything else is a service industry.
  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If all the sewer workers quit tomorrow, our streets would be overrun with crap.
    I guess all the sewer workers quit while we weren't looking. [}:)]
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Farmers period.
  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you look up employment in the early days of Italian records

    Contadino or something like that Farmer

    Filitrice or something close in spelling Midwife

    Most of the records.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a toss up between hand and blow.
  • RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Topkick nailed it. Reminds me of the story my old man used to tell about what body part was the most important. I suspect T. had that same story in mind. Truth.
  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Prolly GB forums Grammar Policeman.
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    Plumber. Next question.
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Y'all suck at this game!!

    What job is the most important you ask? Somementioned farmers, teachers, toilet paper manufacturing and there are a zillion other jobs out there that in some way help support modern life!

    Farming by itself will only benefit the farmer and those living close to him.

    Teaching today is useless without modern teachig aids.

    Toilet paper does you no good sitting in the wharehouse!

    Modern society today cannot live without many things but there is one job that if you take it away we are doomed!!

    Trucking!!!! Yes, trucking!!! Ya bunch of dummies!!!!

    How in the hell does the food get to the store? How does a teacher grt teachig aids?? How does anyone get anything?
    Even the "off grid" mountain men and pioneers need supplies, how did those supplies get to where they can buy it?

    Gasoline?? Even those off gridders use gasoline for thier chainsaws and snow machines!!

    Y'all is stooooooopid if you think American would last more than a few days if the trucks went away!!

    And don't go thumping your chests saying you could survive because there is only a few people here who could honestly live 100% solo with no outside supplies!!

    Now get out of my friggin way, I gots important things to do!!!!!!!!

    Bunch of idjits [8D][:D][:)]
  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Teaching was my initial thought too.
    What's next?
  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,983 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Parenting. ...without good parents, humans degenerate rather quickly.
  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks everyone. You helped me settle an argument with a buddy.
  • evileye fleagalevileye fleagal Member Posts: 4,238 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GuvamintCheese
    Fluffer.
    i love a good fluffer
  • booter_onebooter_one Member Posts: 2,345
    edited November -1
    Don't leave us hanging, who won the argument and how did you pick a winner?[;)][:)]quote:Originally posted by AzAfshin
    Thanks everyone. You helped me settle an argument with a buddy.
  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by booter_one
    Don't leave us hanging, who won the argument and how did you pick a winner?[;)][:)]
    Yeah.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,206 ******
    edited November -1
  • Missouri Mule K30Missouri Mule K30 Member Posts: 2,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1

    quote:Originally posted by andrewsw16
    Protector. Of yourself and your family. Then, Teacher, in the role sense, not the academic teacher of our school systems. Think of it. Your primary duties as a parent are to safeguard your offspring to ensure the continuation of your line, and ultimately, the species. Then your next job is to teach the child about life. How to avoid danger and how to provide for his own family. The basics.
  • Dondo7Dondo7 Member Posts: 98
    edited November -1
    Farmers are only interested in their pocket book and will fill it by any means possible. I've totally lost respect for that bunch. They are destroying wildlife habitat and with no guilt or interest whatsoever. They are only interested in Numero Uno
  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    Although you all gave good answers, your still wrong, the proper answer would be Sales. Without a sales job the mother never would have had sex with that guy, the trucker would have nothing to ship, the farmer would have wasted his time growing and the teacher would not have a curriculum or books for the students. Sales is the oldest profession for a reason and thus it could be the only correct answer.
  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Let's just say that the job he thought was most important and deserved public adulation was nowhere to be seen in the list mentioned by all of you. So I won [:D][}:)]
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Dondo7
    Farmers are only interested in their pocket book and will fill it by any means possible. I've totally lost respect for that bunch. They are destroying wildlife habitat and with no guilt or interest whatsoever. They are only interested in Numero Uno


    ..And...who is not interested in their pocket book? If you indeed have no respect, then give up all meat, wheat, corn and everything else you eat except what you grow yourself.
    ..Destroy wildlife habitat? Name one industry that doesn't do so in one way or another. True that fields are now fence line to fence line to gain another acre or two. However, I know several farmers that leave rows of corn for wildlife in the winter or toss out a couple bales of hay for the deer. Along with hunters, many farmers are good stewards of the land.
  • chiefrchiefr Member Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by AzAfshin
    in the world? Imagine the one job without which civilization would be hurt tremendously. I think it's teaching. Without teachers knowledge transfer would come to a crawl if not a screeching halt. Innovation would become extremely rare and ignorance would flourish.


    IN the world, it would be a soldier. The soldier protects the teacher and the farmer.

    I would probably agree if the teacher was private school and totally detached from GOVERNMENT.
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by skicat
    Plumber. Next question.
    Ya beat me tuit... [B)]
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    keeping a public bathroom CLEAN....been a farmer all my life and did this job in college(only one available)....if you have ever been in one where it looked like some jerks #2 exploded you will understand
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