Mehreen 1 Mehreen Rahman ENG 101 27 January 2014 Blue-Collar Brilliance Blue collar workers are the backbone of America. In the article‚ “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ author Mike Rose emphasizes his belief that blue collar jobs should not be viewed as mindless tasks‚ but rather should be acknowledged for the amount of skills and intelligence these tasks truly require. What the author essentially means is that blue collar workers acquire knowledge‚ intuition‚ and skills from the social dynamics of
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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 is unintelligent
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What is the difference between being fair and being equal? In our society‚ do people have an equal or fair shot? Equality is a recurring theme throughout history. It came up during the late nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century due to the introduction of the women suffrage acts. Those acts lead up to the nineteenth amendment in 1920 which included “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account
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Cultural Differences Between France and China 1 OVERVIEW 1 The Differences on NAMEs 1 The Differences on Courtesy 2 The Differences on Repast 2 The Differences on Living Habits 4 The Differences on Personalities 5 CONCLUTION 6 The Cultural Differences Between France and China OVERVIEW With the development of the technology and the economic‚ more and more Chinese are studying at France. More or less we have known something about France when I was in China. But discover the differences between France
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Intercollegiate sports have been around for over a century‚ but the popularity has increased dramatically over the last several decades. College football and men’s basketball have been the most successful of them all‚ drawing in the best high school players from not only the United States‚ but those from around the globe also. Without a successful developmental league in the NFL or NBA it falls upon the NCAA to prepare these young athletes for a pro career. The NCAA has no reason to complain about
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Going to university or working after high school graduation After graduating from high school‚ students have to decide whether to go for higher education in university or start working immediately. This decision will mark an important milestone in their life due to the distinctions between these two options. There are several differences that worth considering. Firstly‚ knowledge can be seen as an obvious one. Students only learn fundamental knowledge during high school while they can acquire further
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2008 Paying College Athletes College sports have gained a lot of positive attention over the past couple of years due to the athletes’ passion and desire for the sports. Being nationally televised and making it deep into big tournaments can rack up a lot of wealth that colleges and universities can respectively cash in. Only the schools and sponsors of these profiting tournaments and bowl games collect the profits that athletes bring in and it is not fair. The athletes do not garner any benefits
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ramen. Contrary to what all the opponents believe‚ being an athlete is a full-time job. On a typical day‚ a player will wake up before classes‚ get a lift or conditioning session in‚ go to class until 3 or 4 p.m.‚ go to practice‚ go to mandatory study hall‚ and then finish homework or study for a test. For a little extra money to see a movie or go out to dinner once a week‚ my freshman roommate worked a job at the university‚ earning about $7/hour. He would work his butt off all day‚ with two
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the answer is yes‚ so why Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are college dropouts and millions of graduated students with degrees from four-year higher education institutions cannot find jobs. Today‚ a college education does not guarantee you anything. It is not an automatic ticket to get a good job as people believe. These issues are viewed more sharpen via two writers’ point of views Mike Rose and Caroline Bird. Based on their essays‚ Rose with “Blue-Collar Brilliance” and Bird with “College is a Waste of
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African American middle-class and white-collar labor market. However‚ the economic attainment being observed among African Americans‚ in comparison to the White in the same social class‚ continue lagging behind. Similar arguments apply even in efforts to promote the social position of women. While it is undeniable that women have made significant gains in employment rates and their numbers in white-collar jobs‚ they however continue being relegated to lower paying positions and lower status even within
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