Notes

Tony Morris once said in a broadcasting talk: "We won't need lawyers or doctors after armageddon. We will need plumbers, electricians...".
Even though I was PIMI when that broadcasting was released I still saw a great fallacy in his reasoning. First of all, he was talking about the event that was supposed to take 1000 years with minds continuously closer to perfection. Considering this, how does our present occupation even matter? If I'm a plumber today, I'm expected to what - be only a plumber for next 1000 years? No change? Nothing else? And if I'm not a plumber today, how long would it take me to learn such skills in "new system"? Couple of months? A mere blip in a 1000-year existence!
Also, they always kept mentioning - come to bethel, even if you have no skills, you can learn anything here in no time. So, learning new skills wasn't an issue for them?

This is very personal for me. When I was younger, I served as a pioneer and wanted to go to university because I had very good grades in high school. But the BOE discouraged me. I remember a CO visit during ministry where he counseled me against enrolling. I thanked him but later asked about his education. He was vague, then admitted to having a university degree but called it a waste of time. Hypocrisy, much?

Nevertheless, I continued pioneering, never went to any university, and ended up without a proper career, working various jobs at shops, factories, and call centers to make ends meet while pioneering. But out of curiosity I asked every single CO that I met what education they had and guess what? It turned out that out of 10 COs only one didn't have higher education. Yet, I'm sure all of them pressured young people to abandon their dreams.

I'm 30 now and I recently enrolled to finally get a degree in Computer Science.

Disclaimer: I don't want to make it sound like I don't value enough some occupations. IMO every occupation like plumber, electrician lawyer etc. deserves equal respect whether it requires a higher education or not.