Having a college education is basically just having a piece of paper (diploma) stating that you’ve met the requirements of the course in a particular area of study. These types of skills are not taught at any college, you obtain them through everyday interactions and experience. Joe worked for 33 years at General Motors, his tenure started in the assembly line and ended as a paint and body shop supervisor, Joe achieved this by being a good worker, adapting and showing interest in learning. Despite the lack of formal education, Joe was able to advance through the ladder at his workplace, by showing his brilliance and excellent interpersonal skills. Rose talks about is his uncle Joe, a humble man that dropped out school in the ninth grade. And because she knew the average time it took to prepare different dishes, she could monitor an order that was taking too long at the service station”.Īnother person that Mr.

“Rosie devised memory strategies so that she could remember who ordered what. He states this by narrating his mother’s mesmerizing abilities, and how she acquired them by working as waitress at a coffee shop. Rose’s article reflects that society in general often forgets one of the most essential types of intelligence: “the blue collar intelligence” or better known as brilliant intelligence. The reason why I agree with Rose’s view is because many jobs today don’t require any of the above, in fact education does not guarantee a good job or high income, and sometimes what you learn in school can’t even be applied to our everyday life or job. From my point of view, these assumptions are far from the truth. In Mike Rose’s Blue Collar Brilliance, one of the main arguments is that the majority of people associate intelligence with institutionalized education, whether it is a college degree, technical, or vocational certification.

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