THE EDITOR, Sir:
AFTER READING staff reporter Dionne Rose's article in The Gleaner (August 22, Page A7) about the Labour Ministry soliciting low-skilled jobs for Jamaicans in Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, I thought of how welcome the opportunities would be to those concerned, yet I thought would a carpenter or farmer consider himself/herself to be a low-skilled worker?
I mean, yes, people could argue that compared to a brain surgeon, pilot, or architect, those disciplined in low-skilled areas such as housekeeping, carpentry, and masonry among others are not as highly-skilled (technologically speaking), but so long as we are classifying professions, let's remember the pride of our people, our hardworking artisans/workers and adopt the wisdom of appellations like 'blue collar', compared to 'white collar' or some other sort.
We may well highlight the academia of being a rocket scientist and the like, but remember the skills involved in carpentry, farming, masonry among others are not low. Feel tempted to call this nit-picking? Yield not!
There will always be people superior in skill or intellect to other people who are highly disciplined.
I am, etc.,
RYAN O'NEIL SEATON
Insignia7@msn.com
Kingston 20
