Get a hamburger flipping job

Ann Althouse has an extraordinary post on a Newt Gingrich speech. ... "You go out and talk to people, as I do, you go out and talk to people who are really successful in one generation.... They all learned how to make money at a very early age... What do we say to poor kids in poor neighborhoods? Don't do it. Remember all that stuff about don't get a hamburger flipping job? The worst possible advice you could give to poor children. Get any job that teaches you to show up on Monday. Get any job that teaches you to stay all day even if you are in a fight with your girlfriend. The whole process of making work worthwhile is central."

Absolutely correct. Some advice that you hear assumes that people are going to start out as CEOs. The way to get there is to work your way up. Failing schools are just holding kids back.

Here's more from Gingrich.