I worked at several factories while going to college and found a vast void between the working place and the college classroom. This void became wider and wider as I worked in the corporate world. It was an anything goes environment controlled by communications-by-rank We need to address this situation in the class rooms and do not send children into the world without knowing what it is really all about. See http://tapsearch.com/communications-by-rank and note too hints and tips for communicating yourself in several ways.