apparent lack of desire to find a good job. they are putting their feelings over everything else. jackie ibanez has more on the story. they don t weren t to work hard. former dirty jobs host not holding back voicing his concerns over finding qualified young people in the workforce. he says he is having trouble getting out his scholarships to high schoolers. i am in the midst of doing what i do every year which is try and give away work ethic scholarships. it gets harder every year. gets harder to give away money? make videos & a sweat pledge. what people are often confronted, these hoops through which i ask them to leave, they take umbrage at that and i find it fascinating. they have to work for the.
the work ethic scholarships, either were saying applicants sign a solemn oath not to become a lazy, self entitled drone who blames others for their troubles and expect to be taken care of. not everyone is going to be signing this. that is a loose translation of the sweat pledge, skills and work ethic are not taboo. and it is several things you have to agree to for the scholarship and the fact that we ask people to make an affirmative case for themselves and a few other things, it makes it very difficult to give away half a million dollars which is something we do every year at the foundation. as part of the reason i wanted to come on your show. the money as they are. for people who want to learn a skill or a job that is actually in demand is something that you should know about. we have talked about it before. 5.6 million jobs available right
were saying applicants sign a solemn oath not to become a lazy, self entitled drone who blames others for their troubles and expect to be taken care of. not everyone is going to be signing this. is that a barrier people? that is a loose translation of the sweat pledge, skills and work ethic are not taboo. and it is several things you have to agree to for theoo scholarship and the fact that we ask people to make an affirmative case for themselves and a few other things, it makes it very difficult to give away half a million dollars which is something we do every year atat the foundation. as part of the reason i wanted to come on your show. the money as they are. for people who want to learn a skill or a job that is actually in demand is something that you should know about. we have talked about it before. 5.6 million jobs available right now. d most of which do not require a four-year degree and for whatever reason, people are not
ainsley: his parent s house. brian: what is wrong with this generation are they not tough? do they understand about the man-child situation has to come to a close. mike rowe has a scholarship for essentially blue collar workers, people with tremendous work ethics that you get after you graduate high school. he has a series of demands before you are even eligible to get the millions of dollars that he has. steve: here s the thing. he has got money but the kids today they don t want to work for it. ainsley: it s free money. hard time giving it away. listen to this. there are some things my scholarship requires you to do that other scholarships don t. you have to write essays and make videos and sign a sweat pledge. and when people are often confronted with these hoops, they take what you call umbrage at that and i find it fascinating. i think that probably does have something to do with the expectations that having evolved out of the safe space movement. safety always would be a deligh