Mike Rose
SUMMARY
Mike Rose explains how in each profession you need to know and learn the skills needed for the job to do your job the best as possible. Mr. Rose talks about surgeons who are well trained and experienced can feel something and know what they have their hands on without seeing what they are feeling. A Plummer can work under a sink not looking at the piping and know, what they are doing and fix the problem the right way. Mr. Rose also said the same thing about a therapist that he or she can feel what's wrong with someone's back without seeing it
RESPONSE
I thought about it, there are a lot of things we do without seeing what we are doing. Some better then others. All basic movements are one of those things. We, as humans don't have to watch our feet when we walk, some people should, but we don't have to. We know that we put one foot in front of the other. Texting is another example for some people, I know some times I don't have to look at my phone to know what I am writing, same thing on the computer with the keyboard. I just memorized and have a feel for where the keys are and just do it without looking for it. Its basically second nature. People who play sports, the actions you do come natural, well if your good at the sports you play. I know catching a football and running routes are things I could do I'm my sleep.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Andrew Kolb- what i think work is
Work is something you have to do and you don't find any joy in it.
Andrew kolb- What is work
What is work?
Kassy
Work is something you are told to do for labor in which you get rewarded for with something good.
Work isn't something you do for fun.
Ali
Work is to put effort into something.
Work isn't something you enjoy or put minimal effort into.
Jeremy
Work is any process that requires energy to be used.
Work isn't complacency.
Kassy
Work is something you are told to do for labor in which you get rewarded for with something good.
Work isn't something you do for fun.
Ali
Work is to put effort into something.
Work isn't something you enjoy or put minimal effort into.
Jeremy
Work is any process that requires energy to be used.
Work isn't complacency.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Ashley Phillips - Mike Rose
Mike Rose Summary
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
Ashley Phillips - Mike Rose
Mike Rose Summary
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
Ashley Phillips - Mike Rose
Mike Rose Summary
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
For our reading, I read chapter six, the welder and the foreman. I covered the part of the chapter regarding Lisa. Lisa was a welder, and the chapter starts out by her explaining the beauty of welding. Lisa says, “I think of a flower the same as I do a weld. There’s a certain beauty, an art to it. It’s not just metal joining metal; it’s an art of fusion”. This quote immediately drew my attention because it makes you certain Lisa does not just weld because it’s a job or work, she welds because she finds beauty and enjoyment out of it. When Lisa graduated high school she was unsure of what she wanted to pursue in her future, so she gave welding a try. She started having an interest in welding at the age of 19. Throughout the next few years she studied welding, and ending up landing a job in that profession. At first she would think to herself, I know really know what I’m doing, and would consistently ask other people for help. Once she grasped her own way of welding she became an expert at her art, welding. One of the biggest issues Lisa had with welding was discrimination on the job. We all know welding is seen as a male’s job, which is why Lisa was discriminated against. Men would flat out tell her, “This is a man’s job!” After many years Lisa had become a teachers, and inspired her student’s to want to be just like her.
The best way Lisa described her teaching experiences was comparing it to a signature. She explained, you can have a beautiful signature, and sign something 10 times, and each time that signature will come out differently-but it will still be beautiful at the same time. I found her story very interesting. She’s a woman working her way up in a man’s field, but yet she excelled in this trade better than most men. Lisa’s story is very inspiring, she made her life long career into something she loves, and calls it her art. Lisa didn’t achieve goal because she wanted to prove something; she achieved them because she found a love and beauty in welding.
What is work - Ashley Phillips
My definition of work: A way to support prior obligations.
"Work provides mean for my lively hood"
"A necessary evil"
"A job and a career are two different things compared to work"
"Work provides mean for my lively hood"
"A necessary evil"
"A job and a career are two different things compared to work"
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
3 Quotes (Jenna Fitzpatrick)
“My mind has been so divorced from my job, except as a source of income, it’s really absurd." Pg. 521 "This is the first comfortable job I’ve ever had in my life and it is absolutely despicable" Pg.522 -Nora Watson
This just emphasizes that having an easy job and making a good salary is not everything. In a world that is so materialistic it is hard to remember that money is not everything. Nora can basically do whatever she wants at work and spends only a small amount of time actually working. She is completely comfortable with her job, but look how much animosity she has towards it. I do not want to share the feelings that Nora feels towards her work.
But I’ll not give up the sane work.… But I’ll never again play the full-time lying dishonest role
Lundquist is still in search of a job that will provide him with enough money to survive, but will also provide him with a happy lifestyle. This is the balance I want to find when I graduate college; money is important to me, but so is my happiness and as Walter puts it, “being sane.” Walter is fifty years old and he is still searching for a job where he can live comfortably. Nobody wants to be fifty years old and still trying to find a job that can provide for a family. Hopefully I can figure out what I am passionate about and turn that into my career relatively fresh out of college. I do not want to be still searching for a job I am happy with and can provide for my family when I am 50 years old.I’ve done most of my life.” (527) -Walter Lundquist
“Maybe I look at wrong. (Slowly, emphasizing each word) There just isn’t much to talk about.” (266) -Fred Roman when talking about accounting and how other people view it.
Roman does not enjoy even discussing his job. This is not how I want to end up. I want to enjoy talking about my job and things that go on at work. Roman is so unhappy with his job that it is almost like he is too embarrassed to even talk about. I want to come home and be excited to tell my family the events of my day. My mom is a teacher and she comes home each day with stories she is excited to tell us about. I want to be like that and not feel the same way that Roman feels about his work.
This just emphasizes that having an easy job and making a good salary is not everything. In a world that is so materialistic it is hard to remember that money is not everything. Nora can basically do whatever she wants at work and spends only a small amount of time actually working. She is completely comfortable with her job, but look how much animosity she has towards it. I do not want to share the feelings that Nora feels towards her work.
But I’ll not give up the sane work.… But I’ll never again play the full-time lying dishonest role
Lundquist is still in search of a job that will provide him with enough money to survive, but will also provide him with a happy lifestyle. This is the balance I want to find when I graduate college; money is important to me, but so is my happiness and as Walter puts it, “being sane.” Walter is fifty years old and he is still searching for a job where he can live comfortably. Nobody wants to be fifty years old and still trying to find a job that can provide for a family. Hopefully I can figure out what I am passionate about and turn that into my career relatively fresh out of college. I do not want to be still searching for a job I am happy with and can provide for my family when I am 50 years old.I’ve done most of my life.” (527) -Walter Lundquist
“Maybe I look at wrong. (Slowly, emphasizing each word) There just isn’t much to talk about.” (266) -Fred Roman when talking about accounting and how other people view it.
Roman does not enjoy even discussing his job. This is not how I want to end up. I want to enjoy talking about my job and things that go on at work. Roman is so unhappy with his job that it is almost like he is too embarrassed to even talk about. I want to come home and be excited to tell my family the events of my day. My mom is a teacher and she comes home each day with stories she is excited to tell us about. I want to be like that and not feel the same way that Roman feels about his work.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Chapter 4 The Work of a Carpenter (Jonathan Mieses)
Chapter 4
In this chapter Mike Rose is in a classroom observing students who are taking a carpentry class in high school. The students in that class are mostly rowdy until they start working. The class in divided into groups, in which one of the students is a supervisor to the other students.
Mike Rose is amazed in a lot of the students in that class. He sees one student that can accurately estimate the length of wood or drywall jus by looking at it. In which he assumes that they can assume the cause of a problem just by looking at the object. Most of the students in the class knew what they were doing but they were a few that needed help. He knew which of the students did not have much experience just because on how they would hold the tools. He noticed that to use a simple tool such as a hammer you need a good stance, grip, leverage and efficient transfer of force.
While talking to the professor of the class Mike Rose noticed that he (the professor) would be all over the place. The professor admitted that working there for so long he knows when something does not sound right. He knows when of the power tools are not being used right. In an interview with a professional in carpentry the carpenter said “expert hammer said is not automatic, but confidence in the work he does.
I can relate to this chapter because my dad is handyman for a building in downtown New York. I remember times that he would take me to help him work. There were times when I had to use a hammer or saw but I would do it wrong. This would cause me to either mess up or waste a lot of time and energy doing something very simple. My dad will help me do a lot of stuff and teach me what to do.
In this chapter Mike Rose is in a classroom observing students who are taking a carpentry class in high school. The students in that class are mostly rowdy until they start working. The class in divided into groups, in which one of the students is a supervisor to the other students.
Mike Rose is amazed in a lot of the students in that class. He sees one student that can accurately estimate the length of wood or drywall jus by looking at it. In which he assumes that they can assume the cause of a problem just by looking at the object. Most of the students in the class knew what they were doing but they were a few that needed help. He knew which of the students did not have much experience just because on how they would hold the tools. He noticed that to use a simple tool such as a hammer you need a good stance, grip, leverage and efficient transfer of force.
While talking to the professor of the class Mike Rose noticed that he (the professor) would be all over the place. The professor admitted that working there for so long he knows when something does not sound right. He knows when of the power tools are not being used right. In an interview with a professional in carpentry the carpenter said “expert hammer said is not automatic, but confidence in the work he does.
I can relate to this chapter because my dad is handyman for a building in downtown New York. I remember times that he would take me to help him work. There were times when I had to use a hammer or saw but I would do it wrong. This would cause me to either mess up or waste a lot of time and energy doing something very simple. My dad will help me do a lot of stuff and teach me what to do.
3 Quotes (Jonathan Mieses
"I always have to make excuse: "I drank too much and my stomach is really upset, so i couldn't do it right now.We'll do it in the morning."Sometimes I'd like to say, "Fuck off, I know what you want."(Barbara Herrick, Write/producer 66)
I like this quote because it reminds me of what I do in school sometimes. I do make excuses when i miss a class or when i didnt do an assignment. I usually dont miss class or an assignment but it happens lol. I hate making excuses but again i say it happens. Dont make it a habit because then a teacher will not believe you when you are actually telling the truth.
"I couldnt understand why i wasnt happy. Happiness is not related to money. Being succesful at what you're doing is the measure of a man. The measure of a man is standing on his own two feet. To suceed by himself without leaning on other people to support him."(Steven Simonyi-Gindele, Publisher447)
I believe it is important to everyone to be happy in the career they follow. The amount of income you receive should not matter. I agree with the quote above. It does successful you are in your job because that will be something you have to do for the rest of your life. So why not be sucessful at it?
"Every day is different. There's no boredom cause there's so much going on. "(Philip Da Vinci, Lawyer 537)
That is my ideal job. A job that i will not bored cause of everything that is going on. If i was to be bored in a job that i will be doing for the rest of my place i would be miserable everyday. That is why it is important to pick a career that you enjoy.
I picked these 3 quotes because they all have to do something with my book. My book is about "The work on getting by in college". These are all thing you have to think about. For example excuses will be used for teacher and friends. And the other two quotes were quotes for deciding your major and career. It is important to follow to pick wisely because picking a premature job wil delay you from the job you are wishing for.
I like this quote because it reminds me of what I do in school sometimes. I do make excuses when i miss a class or when i didnt do an assignment. I usually dont miss class or an assignment but it happens lol. I hate making excuses but again i say it happens. Dont make it a habit because then a teacher will not believe you when you are actually telling the truth.
"I couldnt understand why i wasnt happy. Happiness is not related to money. Being succesful at what you're doing is the measure of a man. The measure of a man is standing on his own two feet. To suceed by himself without leaning on other people to support him."(Steven Simonyi-Gindele, Publisher447)
I believe it is important to everyone to be happy in the career they follow. The amount of income you receive should not matter. I agree with the quote above. It does successful you are in your job because that will be something you have to do for the rest of your life. So why not be sucessful at it?
"Every day is different. There's no boredom cause there's so much going on. "(Philip Da Vinci, Lawyer 537)
That is my ideal job. A job that i will not bored cause of everything that is going on. If i was to be bored in a job that i will be doing for the rest of my place i would be miserable everyday. That is why it is important to pick a career that you enjoy.
I picked these 3 quotes because they all have to do something with my book. My book is about "The work on getting by in college". These are all thing you have to think about. For example excuses will be used for teacher and friends. And the other two quotes were quotes for deciding your major and career. It is important to follow to pick wisely because picking a premature job wil delay you from the job you are wishing for.
3 Quotes- Shauna Greig
CLEANING UP:
Garbage Man
"They call us truck loaders, that's what the union did. We're just laborers, that's all we are. What the devil, there's no glamour to it. Just bouncin' heavy cans around all day. I'm givin' the city a fair day's work. I don't want to lean on anyone else. Regardless if I was working here or elsewhere, I put in my day. We're the ones that pick up the cans, dump 'em in the hopper, and do the manuel end of the job. There's nothing complex about it." (103)
Washroom Attendant
"I'm not particularly proud of what I'm doing. The shine man and I discuss it quite freely. In my own habitat I don't go around saying I'm a washroom attendant at the Palmer House. Outside of my immediate family, very few people know what I do. They do know I work at the Palmer House and let that suffice. You say Palmer House, they automatically assume you're a waiter." (108)
Janitor
"I carry on my jacket, it says: Hoellen, Building Engineer. But I'm a janitor. An engineer is just a word that people more or less respect. I don't care. You can call me a janitor. There's nothing wrong with a janitor. A lotta guys that work in high rises, he'll carry the same card as me but, man, he don't want to hear the word janitor. He's an engineer. He's even got "building engineer" written on his mailbox and his bells."(119)
I found it really interesting that these three jobs are doing very similar things but yet that all have a different outlook on what they are doing. The washroom attendant does not let many people know exactly what he does besides his immediate family but then the janitor does not care if anyone knows exactly what he does. The garbage man does not take his job very seriously, he just looks at it like picking up the garbage but the janitor is proud of what he does and does not look at his job as a disgrace and just a job that he was given.
Three Quotes (Jaclyn Marks)
Studs Terkel quotes
Sam Mature, barber
"A barber, he has to talk about everything-- baseball, football, basketball, anything that comes along... Very few barbers that don't know sports. A costumer'll come in, they'll say, 'What do you think of the Cubs today?' Well you gotta know know what you think. You say, 'Oh, they're doin' swell today.' You have to tell 'em." (235)Edward Zimmer, hair stylist
" I often disagree with costumers... I lost a costumer once because she said... she wouldn't buy a Volkswagen because of what [Germans] did to [Jews]... The one I favored , the one I hoped I didnt loose, was the one that paid the most money... I took sides for monetary reasons." (241)
Jean Stanley, cosmetic seller
" Costumers ask for your advice. They rely on you. If you've worked in one of these places for anumber of years, you have a following... You become a little bit of a friend.. They may tell you some little tragedy or something... You learn a lot about people when you're with the public all day." (242)
All of these quotes talk about how important you act around your costumers. They become your friends, but other times you can loose them if you say something wrong. You just have to act respectful around them all the time, even if that means lying to them alittle bit.
What Is Work? - Shauna Greig
I believe the definition of work is: Using skills and effort to get something accomplished.
I also asked three people what their definition of work is:
Mom: Being part of a team with everyone striving to achieve the same goals.
Dad: Being your own boss, liking what I do and getting paid for it.
Alli: Using all your skills to get something done.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
"The Work of Styling Hair" (Jenna Fitzpatrick)
When Mike Rose first started studying the Work of Styling Hair he did a little experiment. Rose was trying to show the thoughts that go through a stylists mind when they are looking at a head of hair, but I think it also illustrated the point that on some level everyone cares and understands hair. Even people with no haircutting experience whatsoever have some understanding about the techniques used by stylists and this experiment proves that fact. In his experiment Mike Rose showed pictures of ancient hairstyles, pictures that were centuries old, to both stylists and people with no hair styling experience. As you may have guessed, the stylists commented on the techniques and the aesthetic value of the hair. Stylists really analyze what they are looking at and do not just make statements like it looks nice. But the others who were uneducated in hairstyling also commented on the technique. These people did not make as many comments on the technique but focused more on how it looked (35-36). This shows that everybody has an understanding of hair on some level.
As I continued reading the chapter, I thought about my own personal experiences of getting my hair done. In particular I thought about my most recent haircut. The last time I got my haircut was about two months ago and it was right before I went on vacation. I had not planned on getting my hair cut, so it was a spur of the moment decision. I decided to go to Supercuts because I just wanted to get in and out quickly. The stylist asked me the basic questions like how short do you want me to cut it, do you want layers, and questions like that, but I do not think she really understood or cared about what I really wanted. A client can go into one of these chain haircutting places and be in and out in about 10 minutes. Some of the stylists do not even really care if you are satisfied or not. Another statement that Vanessa made that stuck with me was this, “Eighty percent of the haircut is after you dry it” (32). My hair was still soaking wet by the time I walked outside. The stylist did not even dry my hair when she was finished, nor ask me if I wanted it dried. My experience was completely different from the experiences that the stylists Mike Rose interviewed provided to their customers.
Rose talks to Vanessa who notes, “By the time I take my client to the shampoo bowl, after the consultation, I already have a little road map as to how I’m going to cut this haircut” (33). Most times the customer does not know what they want. Customers come in with ideas to take an inch off and then show the stylist something completely different. This is what leads to confusion about the haircut. Mike Rose interviews many stylists in this book and all of them made the same point that a stylist needs to completely understand the client and their needs before they start cutting their hair (37).
As I continued reading the chapter, I thought about my own personal experiences of getting my hair done. In particular I thought about my most recent haircut. The last time I got my haircut was about two months ago and it was right before I went on vacation. I had not planned on getting my hair cut, so it was a spur of the moment decision. I decided to go to Supercuts because I just wanted to get in and out quickly. The stylist asked me the basic questions like how short do you want me to cut it, do you want layers, and questions like that, but I do not think she really understood or cared about what I really wanted. A client can go into one of these chain haircutting places and be in and out in about 10 minutes. Some of the stylists do not even really care if you are satisfied or not. Another statement that Vanessa made that stuck with me was this, “Eighty percent of the haircut is after you dry it” (32). My hair was still soaking wet by the time I walked outside. The stylist did not even dry my hair when she was finished, nor ask me if I wanted it dried. My experience was completely different from the experiences that the stylists Mike Rose interviewed provided to their customers.
Rose talks to Vanessa who notes, “By the time I take my client to the shampoo bowl, after the consultation, I already have a little road map as to how I’m going to cut this haircut” (33). Most times the customer does not know what they want. Customers come in with ideas to take an inch off and then show the stylist something completely different. This is what leads to confusion about the haircut. Mike Rose interviews many stylists in this book and all of them made the same point that a stylist needs to completely understand the client and their needs before they start cutting their hair (37).
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Three Quotes (Zach Shirk)
Three quotes from Studs Terkel
The Baseball Player
Nobody comes to see a fellow because he's a good outfielder. What he comes to do is hit. He'll come out early in the batting cage and hit and hit and hit. he won't shag flies, he wont catch fungoes. It's not important to him. Theres no status to catching a fly ball (369).
The Hockey Player
Among players, while we are playing we are very close. Some of the best clubs I have ever played with have this close intamacy -- an intamacy modern man can hardly ever achieve (383).
The Football Coach
Everything we do is based on winning. I don't care how hard you work or how organized you are, if you don't win, what good was it? It's down the drain. You can have a tremendous gameplan, but if you lose the game, what good was it (388)?
My Response
I realize that they are all saying something different, but I think that it all comes back to the fact that professional sports are not the same as they were years ago. I think that this relates to friendships as well. People are always changing. Sometimes the change is so drastic that it affects the friendship.
Definition of Work (Jonathan Mieses)
Work-(wûrk) noun- having to do something you do not enjoy in hopes to get something in return. For example work in class in hopes to get a grade. Work has to do something with resistance. The more you do not want to do something the more work it is going to be. This means if you want to do something it will not be consider work. Work will not be considered going out to the movies or watching a basketball game. It is what you enjoy.
The definition of work changes very little
"It's like your providing a service to someone while getting something beneficial from it for example in a job your reward will be money and experience". (Ricky)
"It's what you do to receive a certain benefit in return for example in school you get a grade". (Syra)
" Duties done in return for a higher benefit". (Nellie)
The definition of work changes very little
"It's like your providing a service to someone while getting something beneficial from it for example in a job your reward will be money and experience". (Ricky)
"It's what you do to receive a certain benefit in return for example in school you get a grade". (Syra)
" Duties done in return for a higher benefit". (Nellie)
Three Quotes: Teresa Fiorenza
" It's so demeaning to be there and not be challenged. It's humiliation, because I feel I'm being forced into doing something I would never do of my own free will-which is simply waste itself."(523)
In this chapter "In Search of a Calling", Nora Watson talks about her job and how she is not challenged at all by it, and she wants to quit. I see where she is coming from. If I had a job that I wasn't challenged at I would quit in a second. I would be way too bored with meaningless work.
"I was a kid in 1942 when I got out of art school. I wanted to make a lot of money and become famous. In five years I'll own the world. I'll be in New York driving a Cadillac and owning my own plane. I want gold guff links and babes and the big house in the country. The whole bit. The American Dream. (Laughs). That beautiful, ugly vicious dreamthat we all, in some way, have. I wanted to be a key man in the industry. Over the years I realized there isn't any key man-that every man, every human is a commodity to be exploited. And destroyed and cast aside. For thirty years I've been a commercial hack."(525)
In this part of the chapter Walter Lundquist talks about his job as someone who designs billboards for companies. He talks about his drinking problem and about this beautiful piece of work he did for a beer company.
"I never felt that I'd been searching for a calling. circumstances made me look around and keep right on looking. Over the last years I've been fired sixteen times. (Laughs). I'd have to dig up all my records to tell you all the jobs I was fired from." She is thirty-five." (527)
In the last part of the chapter Rebecca Sweeney talks about some of the jobs she's had over the years. She talk about working in a bank and being the only African American woman working there. She gets the cold shoulder from everyone, while someone tells her to watch out because she could get fired soon. She decides to start a Union to protect herself, until she sees another Sfican American woman interview for a job there. She approaches the woman and tells her that if she doesn't get the job to contact her. The woman contacts her and for some reason she was fired a couple days later.
In this chapter "In Search of a Calling", Nora Watson talks about her job and how she is not challenged at all by it, and she wants to quit. I see where she is coming from. If I had a job that I wasn't challenged at I would quit in a second. I would be way too bored with meaningless work.
"I was a kid in 1942 when I got out of art school. I wanted to make a lot of money and become famous. In five years I'll own the world. I'll be in New York driving a Cadillac and owning my own plane. I want gold guff links and babes and the big house in the country. The whole bit. The American Dream. (Laughs). That beautiful, ugly vicious dreamthat we all, in some way, have. I wanted to be a key man in the industry. Over the years I realized there isn't any key man-that every man, every human is a commodity to be exploited. And destroyed and cast aside. For thirty years I've been a commercial hack."(525)
In this part of the chapter Walter Lundquist talks about his job as someone who designs billboards for companies. He talks about his drinking problem and about this beautiful piece of work he did for a beer company.
"I never felt that I'd been searching for a calling. circumstances made me look around and keep right on looking. Over the last years I've been fired sixteen times. (Laughs). I'd have to dig up all my records to tell you all the jobs I was fired from." She is thirty-five." (527)
In the last part of the chapter Rebecca Sweeney talks about some of the jobs she's had over the years. She talk about working in a bank and being the only African American woman working there. She gets the cold shoulder from everyone, while someone tells her to watch out because she could get fired soon. She decides to start a Union to protect herself, until she sees another Sfican American woman interview for a job there. She approaches the woman and tells her that if she doesn't get the job to contact her. The woman contacts her and for some reason she was fired a couple days later.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Studs Terkel: Working Summary and Response: Elizabeth Wingerter
Studs Terkel: Working
“Book Nine: In search of a calling”
According to Nora Watson:
“Book Nine: In search of a calling”
According to Nora Watson:
“When you ask most people who they are, they define themselves by their jobs. “I’m a doctor.” “I’m a radio announcer.” “I’m a carpenter.” If somebody asks me, I say, “I’m Nora Watson” (524).
Nora Watson is a twenty-eight year old staff writer for an institution that publishes health care literature. She absolutely hates her job. All her life she had a pastor for a father who was constantly doing work for his community. He would be “healing” the helpless, listening to others or just staying up to read sermons to improve his relationship with God. Watching her father give up his life to something meaningful to him gave Nora a different perspective on work. She learned that “it wasn’t just go to work in the morning and punch a time clock. It was a profession of himself. [She] expected work to be like that” (521). However, when Nora entered the business world she experienced something much different. At her job in New York, she expected to “put the energy and enthusiasm and the gifts that [she] may have to use for work-but in this case it wasn’t happening” (523). Basically this job required a more “writing to order” type of feel. The company only cared about what needed to happen to reach a deadline and was interested in nothing else. Nora claimed that when people asked for samples of her work, she realized the ones that she is most proud of were the ones the Institution never published. She feels that work turned into the process of “someone [buying] the right to you for eight hours a day and you’re completely at their discretion” (523). When did work turn into this? Today people define themselves by their work. “When you ask most people who they are, they define themselves by their jobs. “I’m a doctor.” “I’m a radio announcer.” “I’m a carpenter.” If somebody asks me, I say, “I’m Nora Watson” (524). Is that what she is supposed to answer back? As of right now, Nora feels “[she] doesn’t have a calling-except to be [her], but nobody pays [her] for being [her]” (524).
My question is how did this happen? Why do people relate their identity to their profession? In a recent study I conducted at Kutztown University, I questioned students and some faculty about what is the “path” [they’re] on right now? What do you feel is your purpose in life? Eighty five percent related their “path” to a profession and not what kind of person they are. In the case of Nora Watson, when we meet acquaintances at a party and they ask “who are you?” why can’t I respond saying “I’m an emotional eater.” or “I have a multiple personalities” or god forbid, “I don’t know yet.” Why have people come to the conclusion that once you have a job, that’s it-nothing else follows? Don’t get me wrong, I do believe that work is a huge part of your identity, but what if it’s not really you? Is it so wrong to question your profession and maybe not even want to be associated with it because it’s not truly you? In the wise words of Nora Watson, I, too, feel this statistic “[is] a hundred percent unadulterated bullshit” (524).
Elizabeth Wingerter: Three Quotes
Studs Terkel: Working
“Book Nine: In search of a calling”
According to Nora Watson:
According to Nora Watson:
“When you ask most people who they are, they define themselves by their jobs. “I’m a doctor.” “I’m a radio announcer.” “I’m a carpenter.” If somebody asks me, I say, “I’m Nora Watson” (524).
“Book Nine: Second Chance”
According to Sarah Houghton:
According to Sarah Houghton:
“When I was very little, I had a picture in my mind of how life was going to be. You go straight ahead until you curve slightly to the right, until you get to be about twenty-one. Of course, after college you got married, and there was nothing after that. Everything was fine. This is what happened to all the people I knew” (542).
“Book Three: Cleaning up”
According to Roy Schmidt:
According to Roy Schmidt:
I don’t look down on my job in any way. I couldn’t say I despise myself for doing it. I feel better at it than I did at the office. I’m more free. And—yeah—it’s meaningful to society” (105).
*Do you feel a job or career is your only option in the future? Do you think you are supposed to follow the norm like everyone else and become your job?*
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