What does it mean to have a job? To some people it may simply just mean getting up everyday and going to a place where they are put to work and then come home. To others; a job means so much more. It means being able to provide for your family, it means carrying on a family tradition, or it may mean simply doing something that you look forward to doing for the rest of your life, knowing you are helping make not only yourself, but the world to function as well. Jeanne Marie Laskas takes us on an adventure to tell us about jobs that we Americans misunderstand or just not necessarily think of on a daily basis.
One of the adventures and stories she talks to us about is into the amazing lives of coal miners. While reading this chapter I was intrigued when a woman had asked, “Why do we even have coal miners?” (pg. 17, line 20) The answer to that was purely simple. Think about it like this; coal is burned for when we want to flip on the light switch. Gone. One lump of coal. It was very …show more content…
It’s also something when you actually get to pursue that dream. Sputter is living that dream. I have a great deal of respect for those who are long haul truck drivers. You spend long hours on the road; sometimes by yourself, and you never know what kind of weather conditions are going to happen while you are on the road. I suppose though when you build something to be your lifelong career, those things don’t matter much to you. You will tend to look into the best aspects of your job. When I am driving, I will admit I was one of those people who never really cared much for all of those big trucks sharing the highway with me. I thought that it was just so cluttered and annoying. A line in the book, however; made me rethink of how I look at truck drivers. “Nevermind that we are dependent on these people, 3.5 million truckers delivering 69 percent of the stuff we buy- $670 billion worth of stuff.” (pgs. 252-253, lines 29,
One of the adventures and stories she talks to us about is into the amazing lives of coal miners. While reading this chapter I was intrigued when a woman had asked, “Why do we even have coal miners?” (pg. 17, line 20) The answer to that was purely simple. Think about it like this; coal is burned for when we want to flip on the light switch. Gone. One lump of coal. It was very …show more content…
It’s also something when you actually get to pursue that dream. Sputter is living that dream. I have a great deal of respect for those who are long haul truck drivers. You spend long hours on the road; sometimes by yourself, and you never know what kind of weather conditions are going to happen while you are on the road. I suppose though when you build something to be your lifelong career, those things don’t matter much to you. You will tend to look into the best aspects of your job. When I am driving, I will admit I was one of those people who never really cared much for all of those big trucks sharing the highway with me. I thought that it was just so cluttered and annoying. A line in the book, however; made me rethink of how I look at truck drivers. “Nevermind that we are dependent on these people, 3.5 million truckers delivering 69 percent of the stuff we buy- $670 billion worth of stuff.” (pgs. 252-253, lines 29,