On average, it takes a student sixteen years of schooling to get a degree in the major of his or her choice. Believe it or not, with sixteen years of education under a student 's belt, the end result is the obtainment of only a bachelor 's degree, a four year college degree that in this day and age is the minimum requirement to even apply for most jobs. A bachelor’s degree is obtained in four years only if the student starts on time, does not change his or her major, and does well in all of his or her courses. The reality is that there is a belief in today 's society that in order to do well, and achieve success in life, it is necessary has to pursue higher education.
When people decide that higher education just isn’t for them they are …show more content…
He tells the story of his mother Rosie Rose, who dropped out of school in the seventh grade in order to take care of her family. She didn’t go on to higher education, but that didn’t make her any less successful, or have fewer skills than someone who went to college. She might’ve even had a little more skills up her sleeve, just from real world experience. She worked as a waitress for most of her life, which may sound unsuccessful to most people, but hearing the skills she learned may just change your mind. Just because she was a waitress doesn’t mean she didn’t acquire the skills that many jobs demand. Mike Rose writes, “my mother learned to work smart, as she put it, to make every move count. She’d sequence and group tasks: What could she do first, then second, then third as she circled through her station? What tasks could be clustered? She did everything on the fly, and when problems arose—technical or human—she solved them within the flow of work, while taking into account the emotional state of her co-workers.”(Rose 3). These skills don’t sound any different or less any less important, just because she was a waitress, right? They are also skills in which she learned without going to college, time manage, social and personal skills, some of the most important skills to have. They are used not only in work, but just in life in general, and just because someone goes to college, it doesn’t mean they have them. This article, by Mike Rose really points out the importance of blue collar
When people decide that higher education just isn’t for them they are …show more content…
He tells the story of his mother Rosie Rose, who dropped out of school in the seventh grade in order to take care of her family. She didn’t go on to higher education, but that didn’t make her any less successful, or have fewer skills than someone who went to college. She might’ve even had a little more skills up her sleeve, just from real world experience. She worked as a waitress for most of her life, which may sound unsuccessful to most people, but hearing the skills she learned may just change your mind. Just because she was a waitress doesn’t mean she didn’t acquire the skills that many jobs demand. Mike Rose writes, “my mother learned to work smart, as she put it, to make every move count. She’d sequence and group tasks: What could she do first, then second, then third as she circled through her station? What tasks could be clustered? She did everything on the fly, and when problems arose—technical or human—she solved them within the flow of work, while taking into account the emotional state of her co-workers.”(Rose 3). These skills don’t sound any different or less any less important, just because she was a waitress, right? They are also skills in which she learned without going to college, time manage, social and personal skills, some of the most important skills to have. They are used not only in work, but just in life in general, and just because someone goes to college, it doesn’t mean they have them. This article, by Mike Rose really points out the importance of blue collar