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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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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HRD for Blue collar workers in the new context: India has inherited a system of education‚ which generates an aspiration for a white-collar occupation. However‚ to tap the industrial boom & make best possible use of the economic opportunity a Multi-Collar Workforce is required in India. Here we will mainly focus on blue collar work force. The other three types of work force will be very briefly discussed. The other three types of work force are – • White-collar workforce: This includes salaried
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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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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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Many People go to School and they are hoping to get an excellent job in any field they choose because that’s what they want. They think that on desire that they can achieve anything they want. Yet Mike Rose‚ in Blue-Collar Brilliance‚ explains how his mother‚ “Rose Meraglio Rose‚ Shaped her adult identity” (1033). She was not the only one‚ his Uncle Joe also had to learn a different way of identifying himself in life. All of this was done through a medium called‚ Work. High school is a big part of
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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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Blue- Collar workers are the ones that deserve the most respect in this world. They work so hard to perfect what they actually do. In the short passage Mike Rose expresses his own emotion not only towards his life but he basically broke it down for us piece by piece. He starts off by telling us his experience with being with his mom in the restaurant that she works at when he was a little kid. He learned a lot of things about the restaurant when he was there; most importantly he learned the hardship
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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 Time and Money”‚ both suggest college is not the only way to succeed and that society mistakenly overvalues a college education. It is time to rethink the idea about college. By showing that knowledge
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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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