Question: What are Blue-collar Workers? Blue-collar workers refer to employees performing manual labor generally‚ their jobs entails physical labor‚ such as in a factory or workshop. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled‚ manufacturing‚ mining‚ construction‚ mechanical‚ maintenance‚ technical installation and many other types of physical work. A higher level academic education is often not required for many blue-collar jobs. However‚ certain fields may require specialized
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Currently in society‚ many individuals consider blue-collar workers unintelligent and uneducated. Blue-collar workers are seen in this perspective because of their hands on jobs in which many individuals assume that intelligence is not required. “Our cultural iconography promotes the muscled arm‚ sleeve rolled right against biceps‚ but no brightness behind the eye‚ no image that links hand and brain.” (Rose 98) In Mike Rose’s text‚ he explains how being a blue-collar worker does not mean an individual
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In the story “Blue against White”‚ the author‚ Jeannette C. Armstrong‚ writes about a native girl coming home to her reserve after spending time in the city. The topic of memories is very apparent throughout the story as the main character‚ Lena‚ is reminiscing through most of it. Whether we like it or not‚ life always goes on and sometimes‚ there are things we don’t really pay attention to until it’s too late. Memories can help to keep the past alive and get us through some pretty tough situations
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M. Jones Professor K. Levinson English Comp. 201 22 October 2012 An Analysis of “Sonny’s Blues” According to the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary‚ imagery is defined as the use of pictures or words to create images‚ especially to create an impression or a mood (dictionary.cambridge.org). In literary works of art
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The documentary “Mission Blue” was released in 2014. Erik H. Gordon‚ Fisher Stevens‚ Robert Nixon‚ Jack Youngelson‚ Mark Monroe‚ and Peter R. Livingston Jr. are the men responsible for producing such a magnificent piece of work. Executive producers include Lisa Nishimura‚ Adam Del Deo‚ Julie Nives‚ Andrew S. Karsch‚ Shannon O’Leary Joy‚ and Shari Sant Plummer. Two of the producers‚ Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon also directed “Mission Blue”. Peter R. Livinston Jr. also had another job in the making
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from that school year. My dad was driving us to Jack’s house. Once we got there my dad dropped us‚ off we went around the house‚ and saw the biggest bonfire like a whole house was on fire. I unpacked my assignments and tossed them in the inferno. Blue fire lashed out and my homework was gone in an instant. Someone bumped into me‚ it was Jack. “Hey‚ Carl I was just telling your homies about this radical place in the
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The Blue Wall of Silence Being a police officer is an honorable career. For the majority of the public‚ a police officer is one of the more respected members of the community because everyone looks up to them to protect their community. The work that police officers do‚ for the most part‚ is noble for the reason that they put their life on the line for everyone‚ every day. There is no doubt a great deal of personal fulfillment that comes from the duties and responsibilities assigned to police
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Blue Ocean Strategy The high growth and profits an organization can generate by creating new demand in an uncontested market space‚ or a "Blue Ocean"‚ than by competing head-to-head with other suppliers for known customers in an existing industry. The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition. To understand what Cirque du Soleil has achieved‚ imagine a market universe composed of two sorts of oceans: red oceans and blue oceans. Red oceans represent all the industries
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Six Sigma - A Breakthrough Strategy • 400 State-of-the-art training slides on concepts of Six Sigma‚ implementation methodologies‚ tools for achieving Six Sigma and training of black belts. • Self assessment utility package. • Quality promotional posters. 1. Basic concepts of Six Sigma Six Sigma is the most effective breakthrough strategy ever devised. It enables companies to make substantial improvements in their bottom-line by designing and monitoring every day business
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“Refugee Blues” by WH Auden‚ is a ballad and‚ as such‚ has a sense of musicality that is created by both its structure and the repetition of certain phrases. The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza tell the story‚ while the third line contains a repeated phrase (like a chorus) that develops the theme of the poem. For example‚ the first stanza ends: “yet there’s no place for us‚ my dear‚ yet there’s
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