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Excerpt from Vocation and Learning From various starting points I have approached the problem of the vocations in my previous writings. In my book "Psychology and the Teacher," I showed how education has to prepare for the later vocational life, not only by furnishing knowledge and professional training, but most of all by arousing enthusiasm and idealism. In my recent book, "American Problems," the essay on "The Choice of a Vocation," demanded a most careful study of the personal individualities. It was a protest against the haphazard selection of one's life-work. I have felt more and more strongly that the right guidance of the youth to the special life occupations is a function of the community no less important and no less difficult than the right schooling. The first step toward the fulfillment of this too long neglected duty must evidently be an analysis of the demands which are made by the various vocations. Such an inquiry cannot be helpful, if it asks only for an enumeration of the technical requirements. What seems necessary is not a superficial outside view, but an understanding of the deeper inner demands of our occupations and professions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.