Employees are based on their accomplished throughout their life.
Employees are based on their accomplished throughout their life.
Essay Assignment 1: Summary In his essay, “Blue-Collar Brilliance,” Mike Rose shows us that even though there are jobs that do not require lots of studies, that does not mean that people who perform in those fields are not as intelligent as those called “white-collar” in other-word, well-educated people. He states what his mother and uncle does as examples to describe the value of a blue-collar worker performing what they know in their jobs. His mother, Rose Meraglio Rose (Rosie) worked as a waitress in a Coffee Shop in Los Angeles.…
According to “Blue Collar-Brilliance, Rose believes that blue collar workers are also intelligent. Rose’s mother never went to college, but is still highly intelligent. Rose’s mother could multi-task and communicate with customers. Rosie’s job required body and mind “She became adept at reading social cues and managing feelings,” “She would stay on her feet all day and night.”…
Mike Rose was and American teacher and writer. He has wrote eleven books in his life time; most of them focused on literacy and language, and he received several awards. In his passage, Blue-Collar Brilliance, Rose delivers his message excellently about the intelligence and skills of blue collar workers through stories, research, and his presentation on the topic. The first way Rose backs up his claim is through personally stories about his relatives. His first story describes his mother “Rosie “at her job.…
In the first reading “Blue-Collar Brilliance” written by Mike Rose, his main claim is that intelligence is looked an requirement to have in order to obtain a well-paying job, than a person who works and have little or no education at all; are seen as not very inteallencge people and cannot perform well nor axel in their jobs. An example from this reading is his uncle, Joe Meraglio, who left school in the ninth grade to work in Pennsylvania railroad leaving to join the navy, to returning to the railroad, to working with his brother in the general motors and then finally supervising the paint and body department. These jobs required no school but the jobs that required no school background were the ones where you are constantly learning by experience,…
In the evaluation there were a few rhetorical devices that were used. Here are a few that were utilized. First is Diction which was skillfully used in this chapter. "Guilt doesn't go anywhere far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame - shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others (221)".…
In the essay, “Blue Collar Brilliance,” Mike Rose, a UCLA professor, uses a series of personal experiences to justify the level of intelligence of blue-collar workers in comparison to the stereotypes they are viewed by. His reasoning for this is that, “If we think that whole categories of people–identified by class or occupation–are not that bright, then we reinforce social separations” (283). He uses the examples of his mother Rosie and his brother Joe to illustrate what he perceives as the exceptional intellect of blue-collar workers. Rose begins the essay by talking about his mother Rosie who is a waitress at a restaurant.…
According to Klemens, an intensified commitment to work not only emerges as life’s devotion, but a passion to ones “calling”. Furthermore, I agree with the claim that the work ethic is “firmly entrenched as a powerful and valued American social trait”. Hard work and dedication is the focus of Americans. Most people have become oblivious to how…
Society has two different ways to learn something, hands on training or learning through books. Blue collared workers do not get the best treatment due to the fact they have no credentials or education. Education is key for success and often is the pivot stance for how you get treated. The article Blue Collar Brilliance helps me better understand the Pursuit of Happyness, the main character Chris Gardener was a homeless single father who was an unpaid intern he had no college education workers like this are often looked down upon and unappreciated when they lack education as he was one of them but worked his way up in the job, yet they make the most of the experience they get by setting their standards higher due to their circumstances.…
Identify two central ideas Ehrenreich writes about; analyze how she develops these ideas as she writes chapter 1 (include how the ideas interact and build on each other). One of her main ideas that she shares are how she paced herself. She described how she plans out her budget (page 27), balancing the rent, groceries, and emergency money. Ehrenreich also shares her struggles with getting a second job to keep up with the rent (pg 28). She starts out saying that she can work with the two jobs (pg 45), but after a few days, the housekeeping job didn’t work out (pg 48), and then she walked out of the diner that she was working at, “an overwhelming dank sense of failure pressing down on me...”…
Working Work, it is ideal in everyday life and ubiquitous in its nature. However we see many challenges when it comes to work, yet also many successes. Everyone has experienced the benefits of work, whether someone has directly worked for themselves or if they are still receive aid from their parents. Work, with a small exception, is essential in today's society and avoiding it would allegedly result in suffering and misfortune. Jobs themselves seem to represent a paradox, a blister in which everyone has but must accept.…
In today’s society individuals that do not have a high level of education are frowned upon based on the occupation they have. Positions in the work field that do not require anything higher than a high school diploma are technicians, plumbers and oil operators. These jobs are given with basic training, but most of the learning is developed within time. When people call a blue collar service man, it is usually to assist them in a task they cannot do themselves. Every career has a worker developing new skills and more intelligence as time goes on.…
Offering to help other staff. Telling their staff what needs to be done, but allowing them to do it how they see fit. Valuing differences between employees as individuals & utilize the differences. Actively listen, including using positive body language.…
Drop-outs Vs. Degrees In the article “Blue-Collar Brilliance”, Mike Rose argues against the need for a formal education by giving examples of his own family, mainly his mother and uncle, Rose states that many often closely associate intelligence with traditional schooling even though there are many examples of people that drop out of school and still live ‘successful’ lives. While some of Rose’s points are well supported and agreeable his overall argument for the dismissal of general education is, in my view, incorrect and should not be applied in the education system.…
Jim Murphy’s book Inner Excellence intrigues me because it breaks down how the mind works. Often times people sell themselves short on life goals or wonder why they aren’t happy once they reach their goal. Various techniques are shown throughout the book to help to assess your mental wellbeing. This book shows you how to become mentally tough and apply it to any aspect of life: business, school, athletic, or casual. Success is the ultimate goal in life, but how much of success is mental?…
Every individual is trying to work towards a career to enjoy their lives in order to accomplish their goal before dying. Having a positive mindset could set us at an advantage allowing us to take care of our bodies. Our bodies rely on our mind in order to make decisions and survive in this world. Each individuals thought process and memory…