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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Good evening State farm I am writing to convince you to give my family and I a mortgage on a two story house. My credit score is 710 and I have an annual income of 150‚000 dollars. That’s just the numbers that I submitted to you but that’s just half of my argument. I would like this mortgage for my growing family. I have two sons and a daughter on the way and I want them to have a childhood in a neighborhood they would be able to ride their bikes around the block. The property that I am looking at
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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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Since then‚ we have seen many big names rise‚ fall‚ and fall even more. In this article‚ we’ll recap how the financial crisis of 2007-08 unfolded. (For further reading‚ see Who Is To Blame For The Subprime Crisis?‚ The Bright Side Of The Credit Crisis and How Will The Subprime Mess Impact You?) Before the Beginning Like all previous cycles of booms and busts‚ the seeds of the subprime meltdown were sown during unusual times. In 2001‚ the U.S. economy experienced a mild‚ short-lived recession. Although
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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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Foreclosure Crisis: What Should the Federal Government Do? The mortgage crisis we are experiencing in the United States today is already ranking as among the most serious economic events since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Hardly a day goes by without a story in the newspaper or on the cable news stations reporting about the increase in the number of foreclosures across the United States. The effects of this crisis have spread across all financial markets‚ where in the end all of us are paying
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Financial Crisis A financial crisis is “an economic recession or depression caused by a lack of necessary liquidity in financial institutions. A financial crisis may be caused by a natural disaster‚ negative economic news or some other events.”(InvestorWords.com‚ 2009) Financial crisis usually decrease business activity because people do not have enough financial resources. The reason why I chose this topic is because it is a daily theme in all of the European tabloids. We read every day’s
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In America most people generally think that blue collar workers are less intelligent than white collar or professional workers. Sadly this commonly held belief is just as prevalent today as it has ever been. In spite of the fact that there is evidence to the contrary this assumption still causes people to be stereotyped and treated differently. Mike Rose‚ in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ reprinted in “They Say‚ I Say”‚ provides both personal examples and results of clinical tests that
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Was the financial crisis‚ which led to the austerity measures now being followed by the coalition government‚ caused by investment bankers or by government? A lot of economists stated that the recent financial crisis was the worst crisis since Great Depression‚ which resulted in the collapse of a number of large financial institutions followed by the government’s bailout and austerity measures. It has affected billions of people globally‚ which made bankers and politicians very unpopular. Though
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Home and Business Mortgage 1446 Middlesbrough Drive Fayetteville NC‚ 28306 March 26‚ 2013 Sophia Fulmore‚ Manager 2900 Doc Bennett Road Fayetteville NC‚ 28306 Dear Sophia Fulmore‚ I recently discus with Carlos Gutierrez the position you currently have available at HBM. It was a pleasure meeting and speaking with him. He mentioned that his tour of the company was very impressive. Carlos recently graduate school with a Master’s in Business Administration. Carlos has only been out
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