In the article, "Blue-collar Brilliance," by Mike Rose, he explains the work of blue-collar careers. He does this by using family examples and show observations of the process within them. First, he starts with his mother, Rosie Rose, with the stories when Rose was younger. When telling her story, he starts with a setting in a restaurant where he observed how she worked. Rose saw that his mother had skills that education could not give alone unless she learned it from her work. After that, Rose writes how this is one example of blue-collar work and commentary on the topic with her impact on finding what blue collar work means. Next, he starts with his uncle where the uncle who works in the auto industry. The uncle started low position on the
