The selected reading material I chose was, “Some Lessons From the Assembly Line”. By Andrew Braaksma (2005). The writer’s point is that education is important and the alternative has harsh conditions with little reward. The author shares his experience working long shifts for small wages and how he considers himself fortunate to be able to receive an education. I think the writer wants the audience to see the value of hard work and also realize how helpful an education really is when it comes to jobs and incomes.…
In an article from the New York Time called No Degree, and No Way Back to the Middle Class, Martinelli shares his story of how the social structure flipped his life upside down. He began his career right out of high school operating heavy machinery in the 70’s. He knew that with hard work, he could become successful. Martinelli believed he did not need an education to achieve success, and in that time he was right. With hard work and perseverance, he moved into a management role and was making six figures.…
The author wrote this article to encourage other students to continue their education by showing what life could be like if they didn’t finish school. By taking a blue collar job during his school breaks, Mr. Braaksma has the unique opportunity to experience how people live who were not fortunate enough to get a higher education. Each day is spent doing very hard laborious work and the pay seems rather low in return for the excessive effort. The article's theme of staying in school & do their best is a good lesson to learn young, because a higher education leads to better jobs, pay, and a much better life. The article's theme of staying in school & do their best is a good lesson to learn young, because a higher education leads to better jobs,…
In today’s society it is commonly thought that a person can only be as good as what they come from. The thought being, if Joe Smoe’s father flips burgers part time for a living, that is what Joe will be destined to do too. Or London Tipton from upper-class suburbia, whose parents are lawyers, she will be destined to be a smarty-pants that excels in school and gets a high paying career after college. The culture one grows up in will influence what they aspire to become, but for some that is not always the case. For many students where they come from is what pushes them to become more than what society expects, but they will have a long journey ahead of them just because they do not come from the right social economic background.…
Opening one’s mind up can allow them to accept or try new experiences. Hunter Rawlings’ “College Is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating It Like One” explains how the importance of college has changed in recent years. In almost all cases nowadays, it is essential to have a college degree in order to get a good job. Colleges require the student to put forth the effort in order to obtain its true value.…
Blue-Collar workers do have a certain kind of education that gives them the authenticity they provide in their jobs, then again in today’s world it is getting harder and harder to get by as an uneducated individual. The examples Rose provides are ideal through examples, nonetheless they do not apply to how modern society works, they apply to the 1950s way of life. Although I grant that on the job experience is extremely better than learning from a book, I still maintain that one should stay in school and push themselves to get degrees. For it is from this education that an individual would learn more and create less trial and error in the on the job…
He reasons that if said student is high in the standings in terms of their academic ability, they should be obtaining a college education (238). He believes that the odds that this student will “enjoy” what is being taught is greater because this student is able to handle the materials (239). He argues that a student who does not enjoy “the hardest aspects of college” is more likely to be interested in going to a vocational school where what they teach “pertains to” the student’s “career interests” (240). Going to college is, according to Murray, a waste of time for many, as most occupations do not require such amounts of knowledge…
Go to college and once you are done you will have a great job. There are all of these fun fairytales that leads one to think that college is a hop skip and a jump and all actually it is not. In this essay Prof. Edmundson talks about how society isn’t fair and how it is not what it is made out to be. This article states that getting a college education isn’t easy you have to fight for it.…
The Occupational Divide The supply and demand for degree production has faced considerable discrepancy in recent years. Reports indicate that half of bachelor-degreed graduates under the age of twenty-five are currently experiencing employment difficulties. Of the Americans receiving master’s degrees and doctorates every year, 600,000 of them are on public relief. While I do concur with Mr. Krasnikov’s belief in the need to resolve this incongruity, I am not in accord with his proposed solution.…
The workforce today is not like what it used to be. Students rarely sustain a formidable financial life with solely a high school diploma. College students on average, make $120 less a week than a person with an associates degree. The kids know that college is important as well! A study showed that 96% of people said that post-secondary education was important (Wiener 3).…
To begin, I seek a heavy workload for motivational reasons. Moreover, as an individual living in a developed country, I believe in a socioeconomic status perspective in which mobility of classes is possible. Furthermore, with the amount of potential in this country, this motivates me to continue pushing in order to move on the continuum of class. According to the Martin (2012), earning a college degree represents a chance at “a better life” and an opportunity for “getting out” from under the socioeconomic hardship in which the lower class are raised (pg.63). Even though I endure a heavy workload, it’s with optimism to succeed in the future.…
Through education one acquires knowledge on how to better themselves. The ability to think critically and solve problems are direct results of a population full of educated people. It can also be said that education teaches discipline. The greatest awards in life are derived not from instant gratification but from sustained efforts. For example, a high school graduate may one day tell a story about how he stayed up all night his junior year studying for a math test.…
Several years back it was only for the privileged, but nowadays millions strive to complete their education. Whether it is because of society or family members, many feel pressure to reach certain expectations and obtain a decent degree. Many work hard to get the education they need, the type of education that secures a successful future and that could one day be capable of supporting a family. No matter what the story behind every student is or what drives them, earning a degree never harmed anybody. If anything it empowers humans to set higher goals that require hard work and dedication, the characteristics that build a powerful person.…
Education has played an important role in modern life for many individuals in society. It is important to acquire knowledge and skills, and it can bring positive changes in life, enhance the intelligence of a person and enable him/her to lead more successful life. Malcolm X and Liz Murray are good examples of this. These two authors changed their lives by educating themselves. In Homemade Education, Malcolm discusses his time in prison, where he taught himself how to read and write by using a dictionary and books, to become literate.…
Education is one of the most important part of our life. We can list many reasons which support that claim. Education makes us to be a complete person, it aids us to compete among the people who trying to find and form their professional life. In spite of that favours, there are researches that clearly emphasise the mismatch between classic education system and requirements of the employers. If we look through from that aspect, we can figure out that overeducated worker is the person that level of education is advanced than job necessity.…