Neither Agreeing Or Disagreeing- Christen Roper

In Mike Rose’s essay, “Blue-Collar Brilliance,” he explains the thought of people who work blue-collar jobs are often seen as less intelligent and not able to keep a job, when they are not. I am not able to agree or disagree with this statement. I am in a way agreeing and disagreeing.

I agree that blue-collar jobs and workers are not seen as less intelligent because they work it. There are so many things that part time worker, whether in retail or as a waiter/waitress, have to do. They have to solve problems and figure things out. Even if they don’t finish school or anything, that doesn’t mean that they are less intelligent than people who finish school and go on to college. In blue-collar jobs, you have to be able to solve problems and figure things out that no one could figure out. You have to take a step up. You may not have finished school and work in a diner, but that doesn’t mean you’re not smart.

I also disagree because even though there are many things that people who don’t have full time jobs or don’t work for a business are still smart, that doesn’t mean the people who finished school and kept going on through college deserve what they have. If you had finished school through everything and went on through school with a determination to get into a white collar job, you deserve it.

There are many ways to see this. People that are determined to get a good paying job should go after it, but that doesn’t meant that people who work blue-collar jobs don’t deserve it or aren’t smart enough to earn it.

I neither agree or disagree to his proposition. I am more indifferent to the idea.