White-collar crime

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…

Many 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…

Growing up in a blue collar, middle American, union home has given me the privilege to accomplish many of the goals that I have set forth for myself without much trouble. I grew up in a predominantly caucasian town, with a well funded school system, and was I active in my local congregation, which has impacted the way that I see the world. My parents played an extremely active role in my life and encouraged my siblings and I to work hard and to set high goals for ourselves. They would be…

Rose’s standpoint and approach, to a job like of his mother having intellectual importance. Mike Rose goes deeper into his observations and claims at the restaurant while he was a kid as he states, “I’ve since studied the working habits of the blue-collar workers and have come to understand how much my mother’s kind of work demands of both body and brain.” (Rose 1034). The workload that Mike Rose’s mother was able to adjust and balance while still maintaining a healthy and welcoming personality…

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…

prove to be more efficient, ignoring distractions and making higher production rates. Robots will soon replacing blue-collar workers infield like steel production retail and fast food. A blue-collar worker is a worker that is common. Although white-collar workers in data fields,law, and medicine will be needed, but will still have to have some technological degree. A white-collar worker is a worker that is necessary for the necessity to have. (Stangler, Cole page 1). Our dependency on…

Steve Olson defends the Blue-Collar Guy in his written work Year of The Blue-Collar Guy. He uses pathos, repetition, imagery and many other rhetorical strategies to bring his point across to the readers.While not as serious or scientific as other writers, Olson sheds light on the common conventional image of the BGC, or blue-collar guy. Olsen starts off his essay with an easy to spot fallacy. His writing is full of stereotypes, both on the BCG and the white-collar men. One major stereotype he…

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…

perception. This common ground becomes clear through observations, explanations, and examples. Mike Rose claims how his mother Rosie 's job as a waitress demands both body and brain. Although her job doesn’t require a further extent in education as a white collar job, it still demands the usage of the brain. Mike Rose states, " A waitress acquires knowledge and intuition about the ways and the rhythms of the restaurant business." (Rose 245) Psychological perception is put into play in Rosie 's…

experience of working a white collar job verses a blue collar job to how society see and judges desk work verse a more manual style job. Our mainstream culture tends to define a blue-collar job such as a plumber or mechanic as less intellectual and less prosperous in comparison to a white collar. Society is incline to view blue collar work as a last resort for people who weren’t fit for the more academic world, that a “successful” career in the modern era is your traditional white collar…