Presentation by Andreas Schleicher Tackling the School Absenteeism Crisis 30 ...
Work and labour
1.
2. The Grasshopper
“I sang, I sang all the day, all night
You sang. Why, then go and dance”
The Ant
Lack of seriousness
Relaxing
It didn’t work
Hard work
Collect the food for winter season
3. • “Why people don’t work?”
• According to Aesop’s the ant was right, and
the grasshopper was not because it didn’t
work during the summer.
• The grasshopper was signing and dancing all
the time and didn’t think what happen in the
winter.
• The world is divided into two groups the ant
and the grasshoppers.
4. • Maugham tried to represent the world in more realistic
colors.
• He shows the two brother, where one didn’t work but
he is rewarded. It is the way of life.
• Life is more complicated because the big different
between labor and work.
• In “The Work Ethic Is Underemployed,” Daniel
Yankelovich consider three conceptions of work: first,
as labor for survive; second, as a way to improve one’s
level of life; and third, as a moral necessity.
5. • Some people accept these rules and work
hard.
• They believe that their labor will finally be
rewarded.
• They are ant and they do labor not work.
• There is another reason that people work.
• There is a natural requirement that has
nothing to do with either morals or money.
6. Great Musician and
composer
He could not accept
life
He depress after
mother’s death
He drink a lot, and died
in poverty
Great writer
He spend entire life in
writing
He suffered from
alcoholism and financial
problems
Suicide at the age of 40
Great Norwegian
explorer
He reach the south
pole
He sacrificed life in
work and exploration
He was killed during
the air search for an
Italian explorer
7. • In conclusion, work means creation and a mental
activities. Example: Designer, Planner, Engineer
etc.
• Labor means productive activities for the sake of
economic gain and done for certain interval.
• Work is noun of labor.
Four built majestic pyramids
thousand slaves labored and
only a few architect works.
There is the combination of
work and labor.
8. “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat
What you like and let the food fight it out inside.”