Dan Becker wrote:

> >Subject: How should General Contractors be "educated"?
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At the circus With a gun & a whip-A stint w/ the jugglers to help them balance
A/R & A/P.
The high wire should be included as we spend so much time walking the EDGE-
This will be none w/out the net.
Trapeze practice will seem inequitable as the GC is expected to catch any and
all comers- while no one is willing to catch the GC.
Lion taming experience will provide skills appropriate to dealing w/ Union
Business Agents.
The midway will provide the GC w/  all important shill steering experience,
fixing of games and dealing w/ geeks [as will be most Subs].
Lost & Found [particularly lost children] will help the potential GC in
dealing with clients.
Roustabout experience will acquaint the potential GC w/ immediately mobilizing
sundry parties, to make up for the large chunks of time lost to the design
phase.
Cleaning up after the parade will give the potential GC an idea of what he
will be left with at the end of the day.

DD


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