Mike Rowe, widely-known from the hit TV
show “Dirty Jobs” and a series of Ford commercials, appeared on The
Glenn Beck Program Wednesday to discuss his efforts with the mikeroweWORKS Foundation in challenging “the absurd belief that a four-year degree is the only path to success.”
“We’re lending money we don’t have, to
kids who will never be able to pay it back, for jobs that no longer
exist,” he explained, echoing what he told TheBlaze TV’s Andrew Wilkow earlier this month. “That’s crazy, right? That’s what we’ve been doing for the last forty years.”
Mike Rowe speaks with Glenn Beck about mikeroweWORKS. (Photo: TheBlaze TV)
Rowe’s motivation for the work largely
began with what he described as “the worst advice in the history of the
world” – a poster he saw in high school challenging students to “work
smart, not hard.” The picture of the person working “smart” was holding
a diploma, and the person working “hard” looked miserable performing
some form of manual labor.
“Today, skilled trades are in demand.
In fact, there are 3 million jobs out there that companies are having a
hard time filling. So we thought that skilled trades could do with a PR
campaign,” he said with a smile. “So we took the same idea, went ahead
and vandalized it. Work smart AND hard.’”
And with that, he unveiled a similar
photo — but with the person working hard now more successful than the
person simply holding a degree. More>>>>>>
