![]() ![]() Still taking her “street smarts” and applying them to an academic thought Was not necessarily using what she learned in an academic environment, she was On to explain how to his mother was intrigued by this subject. TheseĪre skills that many would consider to be a part of psychology. ![]() Well she responded to their needs, and so she became adept at reading socialĬues and managing feelings, both the customers’ and her own” (Rose 1035). For example, Rose explains, “Her tip depended on how Rose’s mother did not finish school, she picked up adaptation skills that mightīe considered academic. In order for them to work to the best of their abilities. A lot of thinking goes on in both situations It is clear that both Rose’s uncle and mother did not just have Was able to evaluate the demands of the company, and analyze what resources Just as Rose’s mother did, Joe learned many skills during his workĮxperiences that allowed him to become better at his career. Speaking about his uncle, Rose says, “Still, for Joe that shop floor providedġ036). Moved onto a job at general motors that lasted thirty-three years. Similar to his mother, Rose goes on toĮxplain how his uncle dropped out of school at an early age. AnotherĮxample is Rose’s uncle, Joe Meraglio. On theĬontrary, it takes a person with exceptional intelligence to handle situations as Rose has described. Many people might automatically assume that she is unintelligent. Because Rose’s mother quit school in the seventh grade To come up with solutions for given problems and adapted in order to put those ![]() In order to beĪble to react to such occurrences there are many skills that Rose’s mother Into account the emotional state of her co-workers” (Rose 1034). As Rose stated, “She did everything on the fly, and when problemsĪrose-technical or human-she solved them within the flow of work, while taking For example, she learned skills such as observing, problem solving,Īnd adapting. Rose analyzed the way his mother worked, he picked up on certain skills she had ![]() Instead, she uses them to become better at this job which She wasĪlready content with her waitress job therefore she has no need to apply her Her skills to academia is not as important as Graff makes it seem. Rose’s mother dropped out in the seventh grade inferring that applying Rose focuses more on his mother using her “street smarts” to become better at “street smarts” and apply them to their academic studies. He believes that students must take those The major difference between Graff and Rose is that Graff believes Interested one is in a subject, the more information can be retained from that To tie back into Graff’s writing, the skills that oneĬan learn from the things they are passionate about are vast. It is because she enjoyed her job that she was able to RoseĪlso supports this idea that streets smarts are gained from people’s interests.īy the way Rose described his mother working in the restaurant, she appeared toīe very fond of her job. He was not a particularly intellectual thinker,īut he was able to pick up these academic abilities by reading these magazines. By doing so, students would be able toīetter understand how to think intellectually and apply it when given topics Graff states that students should be given the freedom toĮxplore topics that interest them. That many people go through when learning academics is that the topics chosenĭo not interest them. Rather than ones that interest us” (Graff 958). Identities if we encouraged them to do so first on subjects that interest them Graff claims that people “would be more prone to take on intellectual That “street smarts” are gained from the things that people are interested in. Unintelligent, although there work requires a lot of thought, adaptation, and Mike Rose, in “Blue-Collar Brilliance”Īnd Gerald Graff, in “Hidden Intellectualism” both write about how they viewīlue collar workers as being “street smart”. “street smart” has abilities that are picked up from self-experiences andĬannot simply be learned in a classroom. “book smart” is not the only type of intelligence there is. Necessarily be “book smart”, that does not mean they are unintelligent. After doing peer reviews this issue was brought to my attention and I fixed my final draft into a decent writing piece.īlue-collar workers as unintelligent. At first when I wrote my first draft my information was scattered throughout my essay and didn't make sense chronologically. When I began writing this piece it could have turned out being my worst piece this semester but I saved myself. ![]()
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