Analysis Of Some Lesson From The Assembly Line By Andrew Barakzai

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In the article, A college student expresses his feeling about his summer break and working at a factory which is blue collar job with low wages. How this experience helped mold him and made him even more willing to complete college. The Author Andrew Barakzai wanted to address the issue getting a college education and how important education is to an individual. Moreover, Andrew wanted to show his view of making the right choices life. Andrew made the choice to work at a factory during his summer college. Furthermore, his explained how difficult it is having a factory job and living on low wages while attending college to help better his life. One, College: Attending college Is very important for a person to accomplish goals in life. Two, …show more content…
And how working blue collar during the summer help him to stay focused on college all the more. Nevertheless, how this event in his life is a lesson in itself. I will address how I agree with the Author-Article "Some Lesson from The Assembly Line". Furthermore, using an example from the Article to help develop the author point of view about working at a factory job and the importance of a college education. However, while viewing the author article he wants to grab our attention and show us his complaint about working a blue-collar job while off during the summer break from college and how his rather be studying his college work. I plan to show how the author wants to give his point of view about College, Blue collar job, low wages, long work day, and the importance of completing college. How working hard during the summer break to make ends meet while off during summer break from …show more content…
The things that factory work has taught me--how lucky I am to get an education, how to work hard, how easy it is to lose that work once you have it--are by no means earth-shattering. Everyone has to come to grips with them at some point. How and when I learned these lessons, however, has inspired me to make the most of my college years before I enter the real world for good. Until then, the summer months I spend in the factories will be long, tiring and every bit as educational as a French-lit

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