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    of “blue collar workers” his mother in particular. He realized that his mother 's type of work required “demands on both the body and the brain”. Although this wasn 't your typical career it was none the less a career that required extensive knowledge and on the job training. Mike points out that Rosie learned to work effectively and made sure that every move counted. She learned to handle problems with ease and dealt with them within the flow of her work. She constantly took her co-workers…

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    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…

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    Ehrenreich and Co-workers In the novel, Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, she leaves her life as a well off journalist to become a low- wage worker. Throughout her experience she comes to realize it is much tougher to maintain herself with minimum wage, than she thought it would be. At first she doesn’t see herself the same as the other blue collar workers but then realizes she has become exactly like them. Although Barbara Ehrenreich begins her journey as a low-wage worker with…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Gender Roles Through Toys

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    Learning Gender Roles through Toys Gender roles, what is that? Well it is social and individual, they decide how guys and females ought to think, talk, dress, and cooperate inside the setting of society. Many people may not know this exist in the 21st century. Well in-fact it happens right in front of you every day, for example, babies being teached what to like and dislike, kids being influenced by television, adolescents following others, and adults following along what to do because of the…

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    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…

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    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…

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    experiencing a gradual change in its employment;switching from human workers to robotic workers. In the past 16 years the gap between productivity and employment widened. While the employment decreased the productivity increased. How can productivity increase if…

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    How To Shape My Worldview

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    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…

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