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Originally posted by robustpuppy
In the soundtrack of my life, "I'm On Fire" is playing when my father, a carpenter, responds to my plan to go to law school with "Why would you want to do that? Lawyers are a dime a dozen."
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I had a post-LS grad party thrown for me by a group consisting of 45 or so mechanics, electricians, and carpenters. They were all convinced that I had it made at that point. I think that was a more common blue-collar attitude than that of your uncommonly perceptive father.