Analysis Of Andrew Braaksma's Some Lessons From The Assembly Line

The author Andrew Braaksma wrote "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" with a few life lessons in mind. The authors main point is that he has chosen to work a harder job during the summer to help himself realize why is is in college. The author supports this by saying that the transition from student to blue collar worker never gets any easier. The author believes that he has an edge over his fellow students who chose to take easier, less life experience filled jobs. The author is trying to emphasize the importance of hard work and the fact that he is learning very important life lessons during his work at the factory, something that his fellow students may be missing out on. The author's goal is also to emphasize the importance of an education. The author states that the hard work in the factory has taught him many things that college can not teach. It teaches him real life lessons that he can carry on through the rest of his life. The reading supports this by the the author's willingness to go back to the factory summer after summer while his classmates are choosing the easier, less hard working jobs (according to the author). "My experiences will stay with me long after I head back to school and spend my wages on books and beer. The things that factory work has taught me--how lucky I am to get an …show more content…
By mentioning that students consider early classes uncivilized, he is reinforcing that he is learning things that his fellow classmates may not be. I find this key point to have a humorous side to it, but also very true. When I was in my late teens and early 20's, I could see being up at 6 in the morning to be torturous as well. The author does a great job at capturing that lifestyle, and comparing and contrasting the difference between early morning manual labor and late afternoon lectures in air conditioned