An overall reflection on my digital story.Response to Mairs’ “On Being a Cripple”.Response to Brainard, Codrescu, and Wolff.Meanwhile, student loan debt is on the rise while the job market for STEM and other popular fields of work are becoming more and more competitive. Mike Rowe talks about how blue-collar work is abundant, 3 million jobs to be exact, but that there are no enough skilled or interested applicants for them because many young people fear that blue-collar work does not pay well or is unstable. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft, we can see several differences in the strategies they use. I found this interesting interview on Youtube about unemployment and education in America today. Arvanitas 1 Israel Arvanitas Marlena Stanford English 1010 27 July 2017 Rhetorical Comparative Analysis When analyzing the article written by Mike Rose, Blue-Collar Brilliance, and the article written by Matthew B. This was really interesting because I have done research about education and intelligence testing, and how universities and colleges put too much emphasis certain types of intelligence and on SATs/test scores, which themselves are flawed and do not even accurately assess scholastic ability. Intelligence is not limited to literacy and mathematical skills, and by considering other kinds of intelligence unimportant we as a society are devaluing entire populations in the workforce and creating a social class dichotomy among members of society. Rose states that there are many kinds of cognition, from everyday cognitive abilities to spatial reasoning to artistic abilities. What I found most interesting was Rose’s take on intelligence testing and the modern education system, which relies heavily on the quantifiable and does not take into consideration all types of cognitive abilities. He also talks about his Uncle Joe’s job as a foreman for General Motors, and how his job was a daily learning experience that required cognitive skills and reasoning. He learned that blue-collar work is both physically and emotionally draining, and that workers learn to make their every move count. He talks about his childhood going into the restaurant in which his mother worked, watching her manage the customers and keep the food orders and the entire place orderly. Rose talks about his mother Rosie, a waitress. In “Blue-collar Brilliance” Mike Rose makes strong arguments against the societal notion that blue-collar workers are unintelligent and have low social ranking. Mike Rose sums it up well: "To acknowledge a broader range of intellectual capacity is to take seriously the concept of cognitive variability".Both of this week’s readings by Miah Arnold and Mike Rose were very touching and interesting. In our society we define intelligence on grades and IQ tests, we separate body from mind, and we hold social biases based on occupation. The thought processes involved in blue collar work are far more complex than our society gives credit for. He reminds us that the working class are constantly faced with new problems, that they are proficient multi-taskers, and they utilize their physical and mental reserves on a regular basis. Professor Rose notes that he set out to study the "cognitive biographies of blue class workers". " A subtle but pervasive omission" according to the author. He notes that those scholars who have studied the working class in the past typically focus on the worker's values rather than the thought that goes into their work. He affirms that although intelligence is often equated with formal education, it is often overlooked with those who are the working class. Mike Rose points outs the competency that is needed with physical work. He is impassioned about debunking the myth of the seemingly mindless work of those who maybe less educated, less intellectual and from a lower socioeconomic class than the culturally revered white collar worker. He viewed first hand the skills involved in day to day blue collar work. His mother was a waitress and his uncle worked at an automotive factory. He grew up in a culture where his parents were under-educated. Professor Mike Rose opens our eyes to the everyday physical and mental demands faced by blue collar workers in Blue Collar Brilliance.
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