In the essay, Some Lessons From The Assembly Line, the author muses over the benefits he has encountered while working in a factory over the summer. The author brings to light the many benefits he sees in doing the work in the factory as opposed to working easier jobs as well as the great opportunities that his education will grant him after graduation.
This essay gives the idea that education is the key to a better life. This is made clear at the end of the essay when the author states how lucky he is to get an education and how easy it is to lose a job as a blue collar worker. He also makes a point that education cannot teach some things that hard work in a manual job can.
The laments that he sees what his future may have been had like had he never started on his education in the first place. This makes a statement that he is sure that education is his ticket to a less labor intensive career. This point is made even more clear when he mentions that the factory that he was working at would be shut down in 6 months due to outsourcing. …show more content…
This piece of evidence shows very clearly that the consequence of not having an education weighed heavily on the author's mind.
He also makes the point that a blue collar job can be unreliable which hints at the idea that an education gives more flexibility. This is once again highlighted by the shutting down of the factory in 6 months. The author enters into a conversation where his co-worker reveals that the factory, "would be shut down within six months and moved to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.". This once again cements his idea that education is important to
This essay gives the idea that education is the key to a better life. This is made clear at the end of the essay when the author states how lucky he is to get an education and how easy it is to lose a job as a blue collar worker. He also makes a point that education cannot teach some things that hard work in a manual job can.
The laments that he sees what his future may have been had like had he never started on his education in the first place. This makes a statement that he is sure that education is his ticket to a less labor intensive career. This point is made even more clear when he mentions that the factory that he was working at would be shut down in 6 months due to outsourcing. …show more content…
This piece of evidence shows very clearly that the consequence of not having an education weighed heavily on the author's mind.
He also makes the point that a blue collar job can be unreliable which hints at the idea that an education gives more flexibility. This is once again highlighted by the shutting down of the factory in 6 months. The author enters into a conversation where his co-worker reveals that the factory, "would be shut down within six months and moved to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.". This once again cements his idea that education is important to