Who’s Really in Charge Here?
Society always seems to find a way into conversations surrounding beliefs or ideas. There are some who believe that society dictates and determines the fate of its citizens. Although it may have an influence on current behaviors, society does not solely determine one’s outcome. With his article “The Case for Working with Your Hands,” Matthew Crawford, along with Anthony DePalma and his piece “Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung,” collectively discuss how society has implicated certain ideas for one to approach life. Both authors discuss the impact a positive mind has on one’s ability to overcome obstacles. Crawford, as well as, DePalma would agree that to achieve success, one must possess motivation and drive. At …show more content…
Although not always necessary, having an education can open doors to higher avenues of earning potential and help to secure one within the career industry. Crawford talks about the opportunity to work in an office setting which he obtained through his education, earning him a handsome salary in due time. He refers to a trend in the 90’s that halted high-school shop programs to promote students to “knowledge workers” (Crawford 368). Knowledge workers areThis idea essentially pressured students to attend college and to realize the ideal job comes with a white collar. This may hold truth to some, but to Crawford, a white collar was not as ideal as originally expected. He asks the readers to consider “what they have accomplished at the end of any given day” when working the ideal office job (Crawford 368). Believing that there is more to work than the typical sought after office job, Crawford decides to pursue his dream of working on motorcycles, and finds great pleasure with manual labor. Education can definitely produce a comfortable outcome for those who desire it, but Crawford warns that people do not dismiss “their own inclinations and natural bents” in order to achieve this delusion (Crawford …show more content…
Neither one of these men obtained a formal education, yet one was able to find great success within this country. John Zannikos, an immigrant from Greece, came here with “nothing but $100 in his pocket and a willingness to work etched on his heart” (DePalma 354). He married which helped to earn his citizenship, worked as a dishwasher, then as a chef, and finally saved enough money to purchase his own restaurant. “Since then, he has bought and sold more than a dozen New York diners” (DePalma 357). One usually assumes that without an education career opportunities are limited, leading to what is known as the blue collar worker. Zannikos is able to prove that although his work may indeed wear a blue collar, it doesn’t look so bad when he is earning $130,000 a year. DePalma notes that education did not have much of a chance to impact either man in his article, but that it was the presence of hard work and determination that ultimately led to
Society always seems to find a way into conversations surrounding beliefs or ideas. There are some who believe that society dictates and determines the fate of its citizens. Although it may have an influence on current behaviors, society does not solely determine one’s outcome. With his article “The Case for Working with Your Hands,” Matthew Crawford, along with Anthony DePalma and his piece “Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung,” collectively discuss how society has implicated certain ideas for one to approach life. Both authors discuss the impact a positive mind has on one’s ability to overcome obstacles. Crawford, as well as, DePalma would agree that to achieve success, one must possess motivation and drive. At …show more content…
Although not always necessary, having an education can open doors to higher avenues of earning potential and help to secure one within the career industry. Crawford talks about the opportunity to work in an office setting which he obtained through his education, earning him a handsome salary in due time. He refers to a trend in the 90’s that halted high-school shop programs to promote students to “knowledge workers” (Crawford 368). Knowledge workers areThis idea essentially pressured students to attend college and to realize the ideal job comes with a white collar. This may hold truth to some, but to Crawford, a white collar was not as ideal as originally expected. He asks the readers to consider “what they have accomplished at the end of any given day” when working the ideal office job (Crawford 368). Believing that there is more to work than the typical sought after office job, Crawford decides to pursue his dream of working on motorcycles, and finds great pleasure with manual labor. Education can definitely produce a comfortable outcome for those who desire it, but Crawford warns that people do not dismiss “their own inclinations and natural bents” in order to achieve this delusion (Crawford …show more content…
Neither one of these men obtained a formal education, yet one was able to find great success within this country. John Zannikos, an immigrant from Greece, came here with “nothing but $100 in his pocket and a willingness to work etched on his heart” (DePalma 354). He married which helped to earn his citizenship, worked as a dishwasher, then as a chef, and finally saved enough money to purchase his own restaurant. “Since then, he has bought and sold more than a dozen New York diners” (DePalma 357). One usually assumes that without an education career opportunities are limited, leading to what is known as the blue collar worker. Zannikos is able to prove that although his work may indeed wear a blue collar, it doesn’t look so bad when he is earning $130,000 a year. DePalma notes that education did not have much of a chance to impact either man in his article, but that it was the presence of hard work and determination that ultimately led to