Summary: Blue Collar Brilliance

College was always one of my biggest goals and something i do not plan on giving up on not even with the thought I possibly will be in debt during or after i get my college diploma. But this isn't the same situation for other young adults throughout the US, a lot of young adults don't even dream of college because of student debt. The thought of it alone almost made me feel like it’s something impossible.

In this image unfortunately, I see my future and the future of a lot of my peers and family members . This image shows a young man walking in what it seem to be his parents living room, along with a large man with the words “STUDENT LOAN DEBT” on the back of his shirt. This figure follows the man with a box in his hands his face is blank

As difficult as it is they ended up making a job their elements but his article didn't argue how going to college is worth going. That it’s worth the sacrifices, the money and time. When I read about people who struggle to make a living for themselves and their children especially when they themselves have little education experience, it brings me back to my own situation with my family. I am a first generation, my parents and I have come to terms that there's a possibility of debt by the end of my college career. Like Roses mother, my mother works hard to earn her money, both of them don't have a college education and also they don't have the luxury of vacations or breaks from work. But with my mother ,she has always explained even warned me that she doesn't want to see me struggling everyday because of money; She wants more for me and I should want more for myself. And I’m sure Rose's mother ‘Rosie” would pick being a teacher or nurse over being a waitress, I disagree with Roses overall theme of college not being as important as it seems. I agree with his assertion that we can't possibly judge blue collar workers intelligence just by the amount of education they possess. “Generalizations about intelligence, work, and social class deeply affect our assumptions about ourselves and each other, guiding the ways we use our

“.. have lost track of their basic mission to challenge the minds of young people. Higher education has become a colossus—a $420-billion industry—immune from scrutiny and in need of reform.” ( Hacker/Dreifus 180) The proposals that these authors suggested, can not only benefit colleges but its students. If colleges were more willinging to alter their systems, I believe students would succeed more in their college careers and have the desire to go and finish college. Thus giving students a platform where they will strive, especially if the university they are attending is worth it. And by worth it, I’m referring to the sacrifices, the debt and the time put in by students to get a college education. The article also provides examples of universities that are doing their jobs right and gives me the suggestion that students and even benefactors should support these schools that are more deserving than well known big league universities .“..reinforce our view that college should be a cultural journey, an intellectual expedition, a voyage confronting new ideas and information. Many colleges with national names and universities with imperial plans could learn a lot from them.” (Hacker/ Dreifus