Analysis Of Blue Collar Brilliance By Mike Rose

Modern youth is trying to keep up with the latest technology and trends. They want to have as many gadgets and various toys as possible, obviously, such things as cell phones, computers, tablets, clothes, and it’s not cheap. The manufacturers every year produce newer and improved products, so the prices never fall. Most of them start looking for jobs. They are learning how to become an adult and prepare for their future. They also get good experience by working hard and understanding how life is actually hard. They realize if you want something, you need to earn it by doing something. Martin Espada tells us in his poem “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” how a 16 year old boy worked on the factory, so his dream could become true. After

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 their education. Mike uses rhetorical questioning in his mother’s point of view at her job in the fast paced job. The assumption of the quote “work requiring less schooling requires less intelligence”. Mike Rose argues with that by saying ” intelligence is closely associated with formal education– the type of schooling a person has, how much and how long –and most people seem to move comfortably from that notion to a belief that work requiring less schooling requires less intelligence”. In another words, Mike Rose saying that most people think that blue-collar jobs are for “stupid” people. Reasoning with that quote he can justify why he is disagreeing with such a statement. He telling his audience how his uncle dropped out of high school, and continued his life, until he became supervisor of General Motors. He is trying to tell us that his uncle has authority without advanced education. Mike supports this by saying his uncle had more hands-on experience and knowledge in his field than anyone would learn in a college. I agree and disagree at the same time, because I believe that people learn way more when they learning by doing with their hands than in a classroom. But when you start your career without education it takes more years and tough moments, because in our world there’s so much new technologies coming up. Having a job is a big journey of trials and errors without education. Going to college will help people to save time and prevent much mistakes as