Mike Rose: Blue-Collar Brilliance On-the-job education greatly surpasses the benefits of a college education for one main reason: practicality. According to Mike Rose in Blue-Collar Brilliance, working-class citizens may meddle through years of college education, force their minds—in a failed effort—to absorb classroom material, and dutifully complete assignments; however, no education can compare to the real-life test of competence associated with an occupation. How can a blue-collar job compete

or the status of our class. As much as I wish there wasn’t a defining line between high class and the educated vs. low class and uneducated, there is. In Mike Rose’s narrative essay “Blue-Collar Brilliance,” he describes his mother’s lack of education and her hard labor work which is the quote on quote the blue collar working class. In the story he tells us how he and his father would sit and wait at the restaurant his mother worked at. How is mother would whirl around the restaurant “pencil poised

They require to have intuition as well as knowledge and sometimes personal skills. The author of Blue-Collar Brilliance, Mike Rose, uses the story of his mother and uncle. He disagrees with the statement, “Intelligence is closely associated with formal education.” To support his disagreement he talks about how skilled his mother and uncle are, without continuing

are unable to teach the same principles as a traditional classroom. This also causes the view that blue-careers specializing in a trade are overall lesser than white collar or office work that mandate a college degree. Authors Matthew B. Crawford and Mike Rose both argue this widespread belief is unfair and incorrect in their essays “The Case for Working with Your Hands” and “Blue-Collar Brilliance,” respectively. However, Crawford’s recollection of his own personal experience does not explain the

The Rhetorical Analysis of “Blue Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose It’s easy to form an opinion on a topic you are passionate about, but when a writer causes you to think about something you never thought about and form an interest, then they have done their job. In “Blue Collar Radiance”, Mike Rose talks about blue collar workers and how they manage to work well despite their lack of education. His use of pathos was the heart of the piece. By looking at the title you cannot really tell what the purpose

In the essays, Two Year Are Better than Four by Liz Addison, and Blue Collar Brilliance by Mike Rose respectively, take two different approaches to learning. Addison firmly believes in the traditional method by advocating community college is the better choice for students to experience higher education. Addison also asserts community colleges offer the same level of education compared to four universities. She also emphasized in her writing the value of the experience is much more personal due to

besides the want for that professional dream career drives us to pursue a college education? If we go through it to enhance intelligence or overall knowledge and wellbeing, does that imply these facets cannot be obtained anywhere else, say in a blue-collar atmosphere? The standard way of thinking about knowledge in general, is that it is based solely on IQ scores, academic grades, and the amount of education received. Through this cultural belief, intelligence and formal education—and in that, professions

recent discussions of blue-collar and white-collar work, a controversial issue has been whether blue-collar workers are less intellectual than white-collar workers. On the other hand, some may argue that in each field there must be a mastery of certain skills and qualities pertaining to each worker. From this perspective, one can argue towards or against the differences and similarities of blue and white-collar work. In the words of Mike Ross (2018), author of “Blue-Collar Brilliance” one of his main