Blog Post #1: Class and Education

In Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich explains how her PhD level of education is meaninglessness in the jobs she gets as part of her experiment. There is a stigma against her and her fellow workers because they wear uniforms, work hard, and don't need an education to do it. These jobs are seen as "easy" because one does not need an education to perform them. Mike Rowe and Mike Rose also weigh in on this in the readings for this week.

 Mike Rowe's website about this issue:
http://profoundlydisconnected.com/

For your blog post, I want you to think about jobs you have had or your family members have had. How were you treated? Did your education level matter? Do you think that the level of education a worker has should determine the respect and pay that worker receives?

You can refer to the readings to write your blog for this week, but I want you to think mostly about your personal experience (or a family member's experience) as a worker.