In Unit 3, our texts describe the issues surrounding how society works and the effects of various obstacles people must overcome to work. Keep these discussions in mind as you begin writing your essay.
Essay Prompt:
Using the four articles listed below, address this prompt: What are the effects of race, gender, employment opportunities, and education in regard to white-collar or blue-collar jobs?
“Blue-Collar Brilliance”
“Pedagogy of the Oppressed”
“Preparing Minds for Markets”
“I was a Warehouse Wage Slave”
Draw on specific points from these readings, and explain how a synthesis of these readings deepens the understanding of blue-collar and white-collar employment. How does this understanding allow people to identify potential contradictions in the society in regard to work and who is able to succeed in a given profession? How can people begin to identify elements of a crisis in preparing children to enter the workforce? Lastly, how might the readings begin to point towards strategies for overcoming these negative attitudes towards blue-collar jobs as well as white-collar jobs? [Hint: one strategy is not “work hard and you will succeed.”
Essay Components:
Please compose an introduction with a thesis and one-sentence summaries for all readings as well as providing general information that synthesizes the major themes addressed in the reading. (8 Sentences)
Provide at least nine body paragraphs (9 sentences) that address one point you are making about your thesis statement. In addition, follow the paragraph format that you have in your notes: Topic sentence, explanations, quotation/commentary/citation, relate quotation to the topic sentence, and a 5 sentence analysis focusing on the point made in the topic sentence.
Also be sure that you clearly make acknowledgments and citations of each reading selection, in-text and with a works cited page, of the authors and readings from which you draw ideas.
Conclusion with summary statements and a general statement that suggests a solution that stems from the readings (4 sentences)
Careful proofreading
Format in MLA.
DUE DATES:
Rough Draft must be submitted to the “Essay #3 Workshop” portal by Thursday, March 30th, by 11:59 pm.
NOTE: You must submit a draft that meets page requirements and includes a Works Cited page to participate in the Rough Draft Workshop to receive full credit.
Final Essay: Sunday, April 1st at 11:59 PM. Check below for instructions on length, format, and other details.
R FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
Length: To give me as full and detailed a story as possible, your essay should be a minimum of 4.5-pages long. A 4-page essay is too short, thus earning a failing grade. You should aim to have about 4.75-5 full pages to make sure you have not made spacing errors. In addition, the works-cited page does not count as one of the 4.5 pages of this essay.
You can write more, but it must meet the minimum length.
*MLA Format: Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced, no extra spaces between paragraphs, and have 1-inch margins top, bottom, left, right