I just finished reading an article reprinted from an interview conducted at CNBC with famed investor; Jim Rogers. In the article, Mr. Rogers recommended strongly that current college students transfer out of Finance and Business degree programs into programs of Agriculture! Now I am not a famed investor and perhaps I don't have the "global" view that Mr. Rogers sees, but I did grow up on a Dairy Farm in the state of Indiana and can only believe he has lost his mind!
Waking up at 5:00AM to catch the 5:50AM Metro-North train into Manhattan for a financially rewarding career doesn't actually compare to the same wake-up call when you have to layer on the flannel, stumble in the dark to a cold barn and start milking 150 head of cattle! I know, I've done both. Taking your daughter or son to work on Wall Street or the Garment District as I did seems to teach children a lot more about making money than asking them to grab a shovel and start pitching cow sh&^%% until they are too tired to move.
I also did not find driving a tractor to pull hay wagons at the age of 5 a "life lesson" on how to make and invest tons of money. Nor did I find sitting on a tractor pulling a plow for 8 hours straight in the blazing sun stimulating or educational. I did however plow out an entire field of crops when I was in the 7th grade because I was day-dreaming of moving to the big Midwest city of Chicago! That could have actually been a "financial teaching moment" when the cost of what I had plowed under was analyzed by my Grandfather!
I suppose the Real Estate business comes as close to a career in Agriculture as I am going to get. After all, it's still dealing with dirt!
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