Blue-collar worker

but traditional, moderate Republicans (“Mods”) and more conservative, Pro-Choice Republicans (“Cons”). Among these two branches lies a stark difference in economic status. The Cons tend to live on the impoverished side of Johnson County, working blue-collar jobs, with a staunch Christian background. The Mods exist within the other side of Johnson County, full of country clubs, mansions, and top-tier bussniessmen. The distance between the two classes is magnified in each position’s primary focus.…

be attributed to greed for higher wages or to trying to gain the “rights at work that they already had as independent citizens” (Domhoff). The labor unions were not solely about wages. Contrary to popular beliefs the unions held the rights of the workers in the highest regards. Without first affirming the rights of citizens the unions would not have developed to be a powerful institution in American cities. Due to unionization, labor songs took hold during this time period to show the masses…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

two parents working white collar jobs; my mom a dental hygienist and my dad a mechanical engineer for Verizon Wireless. I went to a public, regional high school with enough funding to not only offer art and music class, but to offer sub categories of art and music, such as mechanical drawing and various different band classes. It is safe to say the teachers working there didn’t have “poor salaries” and the students who attended, including me, graduated with white collar brilliance. But while I…

of the Industrial Revolution in America. The institution of factories in the U.S. allowed for mass production, which hurt many small businesses and independent artisans and encouraged a system of wealthy business owners and impoverished unskilled workers. This stratification eventually reached its peak in the Gilded Age, with less than favorable conditions among the working class causing unrest between the aforementioned groups. This, in turn, led to reform movements among the working class…

While there are students who drop out and fail, the majority of students go on to graduate and prove that they have the intellectual potential to succeed. The public seem to think that many students in this millennium do not have the intellectual potential to succeed in college. Many people believe that this generation of students are lazy. This generation is anything but lazy. The students are quite motivated towards their future. The students have the ability to grow and reach new heights.…

young people desire to become white-collar workers in today’s world. It can be seen that office work is much more preferable than physical work. One reason for this is because white-collar jobs are thought to be more profitable simply in terms of money. Today, youngsters are taught that the key to a successful and full-fledged life is a college degree. Kids in high schools are urged to apply to colleges by any means. Even though many people disdain blue-collar jobs, a huge number of those jobs…

Mike Rose was and American teacher and writer. He has wrote eleven books in his life time; most of them focused on literacy and language, and he received several awards. In his passage, Blue-Collar Brilliance, Rose delivers his message excellently about the intelligence and skills of blue collar workers through stories, research, and his presentation on the topic. The first way Rose backs up his claim is through personally stories about his relatives. His first story describes his mother…

schooling or even none at all they are labeled most of the time as uneducated or dumb even though that is far from the truth. A person doesn’t need to have a high school or college degree to be considered smart in my opinion. There are many blue collar workers who use their brains just as much as their brawn. This is something that Rose would agree with and that is the main argument in the article. There are many who would say that having a good education is the foundation to a bright future…

In the article, “Blue-Collar Brilliance”, the author Mike Rose highlights his view that working class Americans are constantly overlooked and underappreciated in society. He describes the vast amount of intelligence and difficulty of blue collar workers through observing his mother as a waitress and uncle as a factory worker. The focal point of his message revolves around the working class. Throughout the article, the author effectively persuades and connects blue collar individuals through his…