The Brain v.s the Hand

In chapter six he Rose talks of the placement of perstgue in cretin careers. He questions how we look at the intelgance level of vocational workers compared to the intengance of office workers. "mind and hand vs brain" how dose a persons intelangance depend on the job they hold. Their job is just a refelcation of where they decided to place their knolwedge. At my job one of my managers was a math majior and wanted to be an engineer, until life circumstances forced him to to work more and focus those educational abilities at IN and OUT Burger. This job is not a reflection of his prestuge because his intelgance is much higher then it is percived.

In chapter ten he bring up Kevin, a college student that was not destioned to go far in his youth but he attended college to further his knowledge. I think the the use of education to divide the country and the abilities of the working class from the elite is what is going to seperate America. It is not the persons knowledge that holds them back from a larger career. It is self will and comfort. Kevin wanted more and wanted to have a specific field to focus his abilities. College gave him a place explore different fields and different places to work.

My brother is someone who does need to leave our home town because he feel comfortable there. He knows there is more to explore and it can have different ways of life but for him his way of life are perfect for him. He is content with just staying at home and studding at the local university to become an accountant and a local accounting firm.

I think that the world need people with that personality because it provides a natural balance within our economy. If every one wanted to become the CEO our population would not be happy and the people who are content with the way of life give us a balance.

Even though the education system is hard to navigate. The ideas of each student provides education for people. A class room provides us with a place express and create. Our system is hindering the abilities and creativity by taking the expression out of the classroom and placing it on a test.