the expectation that they need to work really hard and do a white-collar job is also dangerous. Students should work hard but they should be able to pick what job they. Having a blue-collar job doesn’t mean that they are dumb or have no valuable skills. In his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance” Mike Rose explains that there are two different types of knowledge a person can hold. One is street smarts and the other is book smarts. Rose goes on to explain that street smarts is valuable and even more valuable
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In the article‚ “Blue-Collar Brilliance‚” author Mike Rose highlights and explains the multi-thinking process involved in a blue collar job. In the article‚ Rose gives a detailed description of his mother working as a waitress in several restaurants. He observed his mother‚ Rose Meraglio Rose‚ achieving a great expertise over the years‚ by creating a perfect coordination between her body and brain. Rose also describes that “The restaurant became the place where she (Rose) studied human behavior‚
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manual laborers are less educated‚ therefore making them less smart. Mike Rose was brought up in a group of blue-collars. Both of Rose’s folks scarcely had educations‚ as they were early dropouts. Rose grew up watching his mom tend to tables‚ and learned at an early stage that blue-collar workers possessed an important set of abilities. In the article‚ “Blue-Collar Brilliance‚" author Mike Rose stresses his belief that blue-collar jobs must not be seen as illiterate jobs‚ but rather must be recognized
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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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intelligence. Every person is put in a category that labels them. If she or he has a white-collar occupation within an office or something as such‚ she or he is labeled as hardworking‚ intuitive‚ and smart. Adults working in cafes‚ construction‚ or other blue-collar jobs are classified as thick‚ lazy‚ and unintelligent. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose‚ he retells how his mother and his uncle worked in a blue-collar job‚ or working class job‚ but does not just see them as mindless for their lack
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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 people’s lives. They go to learn to socialize and to figure out where they fit in the world. Mike roses mother had to take a different rout. She had quit
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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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Mike Rose‚ in his essay‚ “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ claims that in order to see reality and reach success one must cut ties with all biases and look at life through a neutral perspective. He supports his claim with a story about how he got rid of the personal bias he had of himself belonging in voc-ed and moved up to college prep. The Authors purpose was to inform readers of his experience in order to help them see how to reach their success with their outlook on reality. Rose establishes a very
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I just want to be Average by Mike Rose The essay by Mike Rose made me really think about the purpose of education schools have to offer us. He talks about how a basic exam can determine your whole life; it made me really think about how accurate these tests really are. The purpose of this essay seemed to be how he feels students failures isn’t because of us‚ its because of the school system overall. He shares how the vocational track is basically portrayed as students who are not motivated to learn
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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 their workplace itself. Rose argues that
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