The Pros And Cons Of Blue Collared Jobs

When one hears the words blue collared work what comes to mind? Is it waitressing, or something more physically demanding such as construction or being a lineman? A blue collared job is all those and more, it’s the kind of work that “demands both body and brain (Rose 1).” Due to today’s societal views of college and career planning sometimes as early as a kindergartener level, many view blue collared jobs that don’t require the same amount of formal schooling as white collared work, for those of little effort and intelligence. However this is not the case. While such jobs don’t require masters or Ph. Ds, they’re not without the necessity of intelligence. Typically there’s a bad rep about “work requiring less schooling, [thus] requiring less intelligence (Rose 2)” however “much of physical work is [both] social and interactive (Rose 4),” requiring math skills, coordination, observational skills, literacy, and memory skills. Everyday jobs don’t, and shouldn’t, require years of formal education; the best workers adapt their skills to the job that must

While a formal education would be necessary for the white collar work such as doctors and scientists, in turn it doesn’t devalue the need and workload of blue collared jobs that don’t require much more than a strong work ethic. It’s comparing apples to oranges while both may be fruits they aren’t of the same caliber. To be a doctor it requires years of med school, hours of training and learning anatomy and physiology. On the other side of the work spectrum, to work retail one might not need a fancy degree showing their aptitude, yet there’s “a significant amount of teaching, often informal and indirect [that] takes place at