Respond to Rose’s ideas on blue-collar work. I read the article‚ “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ by Mike Rose‚ last night before going to sleep‚ and woke up thinking about it‚ which is why I chose this article out of all of the ones we have read so far. The author states how his mother “shaped her adult identity as a waitress in coffee shops and family restaurants” (Rose 202). This quote is what hit me the most because it shows how some people don’t have the opportunity to get a formal education‚ and
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Preparing Minds for Markets And Blue- Collar Brilliance In the book‚ Acting Out Culture: Readings for Critical Inquiry by James S. Miller includes several different pieces of writing from a variety of authors. The two pieces of readings “Preparing Minds for Markets”‚ and “Blue-Collar Brilliance” in both that show the way different cultural stereotypes can influence how our society defines intelligence. “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mark Rose‚ focuses on the view that intelligence cannot be measured
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The title " Blue-collar Brilliance" used by author Mike Rose in his writing reveals what he is going to talk about and more precisely the opinion he will have. The author starts his writing in a powerful way by using a relevant anecdote of his mother Rosie‚ waitress in a restaurant. He explains to us how his mother should know not only how to work efficiently but also in an organized way. How she should memorize every single order and to whom each order was. How she should understand and respond
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information overload Of course‚ companies have a huge appetite for information‚ and have encouraged the development of systems to produce‚ store‚ and analyze it. A recent study by Pitney Bowes‚ in Stamford‚ Connecticut‚ found that the average white – collar worker at a Fortune 1000 company sends and receives an average of 190 messages a day‚ in a variety of electronic and paper formats. "It has become completely overwhelming‚" says Sheryl Battles‚ executive director of external affairs at Pitney
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White-Collar Crime‚ or financial crime‚ is a widespread problem in America that usually does not get the type of attention it deserves. It is perceived as boring and people do not usually care to learn about it. Everyone knows about Blue-Collar crime (Street Crime) and murder‚ rape‚ and theft are usually met with feelings of anger and disgust. But unfortunately‚ White-Collar crime does not stir up the same feelings one would expect to receive from a murder. Fraudulent loans and embezzlement are just
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for both white-collar and street criminals. There are several differences that makes the process display what appears to be preferential treatment towards those that understand and commit crimes that are not to be considered street crimes. It is that treatment that makes many in the general public believe the criminal justice system works only for a certain group of people. DISCUSSION: There are many differences in the ways that white-collar crimes and street crimes are processed. With white-collar
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Importance Of Paying Attention To Detail Paying attention to detail is very important. If you are told to do something a specific way‚ the best thing that you can do is exactly what you were told. There is always a reasoning behind everything you do. Paying attention to detail in the Corrections environment is very important‚ especially if it has to do with a certain way of completing tasks inside the institutions. If a seasoned officer tells you to do something as a new officer‚ its probably
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"Should College Athletes be paid?" Have you ever had a job and never got paid for it? It has never happened to me and hopefully it never does but unfortunately college athletes do not a choice. The Chris Webber scandal brought up the question "Should college athletes be paid?" Webber decided to receive thousands of dollars along with his University of Michigan teammates from Ed Martin. Martin was the former Michigan booster who was arrested on charges of money laundering. There was also "unproven
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circumstances. Executive Summary Job satisfaction and job performance have held a great interest for social psychologists for almost a century. The interest stems from the alleged relationship and interplay between these two elements. This research thesis attempts to find out the nature and magnitude of this relationship along with the impact of any influencing variables. Research for this report included a review of previous studies pertaining to the alleged relationship between the two main elements‚ in
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The lateness of job is defined as completion of job subtract by due date (lji=Cji-DJi). When the job is completed early of due dates‚ on the other hand‚ is called tardiness and it is a positive aspect in job scheduling (Srinivasan‚ G. 2010). Comparing the lateness and tardiness‚ the value of tardiness for the first job is zero when the completion of job is earlier than due date whereas in lateness the value is -2. B) Among lateness and tardiness‚ I prefer lateness for the evaluation of a schedule
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