the essay “Blue-Collar Brilliance” written by Mike Rose‚ he begins to talk about how Blue-Collar workers are smarter than what society put them out to be. Rose talks about his mother and how she has to member a lot of martial during the work period. Rose also talks about his uncle that started as a regular worker and worked his way up to supervising the paint-and-body line. This is where Rose came to see that Blue-Collar workers are smart they aren’t just given the credit. I agree with rose I Think
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Blue Collar Brilliance-Summary and Response The article “Blue- Collar Brilliance” of Mike Rose argues that path for obtaining Intelligence doesn’t depend on what type of work we do either white collar or blue collar. Important point is to use your intelligence to perform best. He focuses on the point that intelligence in blue collar worker is due to experience‚ the power of body and brain to work together to solve a certain problem which white collar worker gain through formal education. “Solution
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In “Blue Collar Brilliance”‚ the author‚ Mike Rose‚ expressed multiple reasons why a blue-collar worker is intelligent and capable to participate in a Democratic society (Web). He challenged the bias of today’s world that lower-class jobs that do not require a degree mean the workers are not smart. He started out sharing the experiences of his mother and uncle who worked blue-collar jobs and showed various skills that took time and intelligence to develop. He continues his essay sharing his findings
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The Brilliance in “Blue-Collar Brilliance” As a whole‚ society sometimes makes many preconceived notions about people‚ groups and their actions or life choices. These accusations are wrong. Author Mike Rose reiterates this point in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance” saying‚ “If we think that whole categories of people-identified by class or occupation-are not that bright‚ then we reinforce social separations and cripple our ability to talk across cultural divides.”(Pg254)‚ he’s essentially
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Blue collar workers utilize their knowledge and abilities while working just as much as white collar workers. Most people assume that blue collars only have physical attributes and possess no real knowledge. This isn’t true at all. These workers must be able to read at a decent level‚ use tools effectively and have social experience. It’s a lot harder than you think. Lots of reading occurs in the blue collar workplace. This includes catalogues‚ manuals‚ forms and instructions. Visual interpretation
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BLUE COLLAR BRILLANCE Are blue collar jobs less appreciated? Mike rose‚ thinks there are no fair share of recognition among people in the working class society. Rose was stressing his point to say that‚ in as much as the white collar job (workers) are perceived in the society as higher educated people it brings conflict among us. Also making the minimal jobs look less valuable and cripple our ability to talk across cultural divides. Blue collar jobs
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ENG101E‚ 10:00-11:15 December 2‚ 2013 Professor Gary Pullman Readers Response 1: “Blue-Collar Brilliance” In “Blue-Collar Brilliance‚” Mike Rose observes his mother‚ Rosie and his mother’s brother‚ Joe‚ in their occupations(96). Rose explains how his mother uses complex learning strategies and adaptation to fully excel in her blue-collar occupation. Rose explains how Rosie devised elaborate memory strategies while grouping and sequencing tasks in her head to become more efficient to “make
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Blue Collar Brilliance Mike Rose describes in his essay how it was growing up and watching his mother as well as his uncle working a blue collar job‚ but being very nifty and clever in executing the job. He himself after finishing college work multiple different teacher jobs before beginning a study about the thought processes involved in blue collar work. There are always exceptional examples that are more intelligent than other working blue collar jobs‚ however‚ a big percentage of workers are
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people desire a comedic quality within their friends while others seek intelligence. However‚ how does one person determine another person’s intelligence? By what measure can one person judge another person and his or her capabilities? Mike Rose’s “Blue-Collar Brilliance” does an excellent job of raising the point that society unfairly judges people and their intelligence by a selective lens; in this case‚ the years of education
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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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