Summary Of Blue Collar Brilliance

In the essay “Blue-Collar Brilliance”, the author, Mike Rose, argues that the Western Hemisphere connects intelligence with a higher education. Mike believes that blue-collar workers are not appreciated as much as they should be and people do not recognize the difficult demands and cognitive uses that they use in their jobs on a daily basis. He refuses to accept the notion, which most believe. That notion is that blue-collar workers are not as intelligent as the white-collar workers who had the chance to receive a higher education. Mike seems to feel that this way of thinking only creates cultural divides.
As for me, I support Mike Rose’s argument on understanding the importance of different types of intelligence. People with higher education