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Booker T. Washington: “What we should do in all our schools is to turn out fewer job-seekers and more job-makers.”

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What we should do in all our schools is to turn out fewer job-seekers and more job-makers.
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Booker T. Washington

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He calls for education that fosters entrepreneurship rather than just job-seeking.

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