Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Chapter 8 Hand and Brain in School
Rose gives the history of VOCeD - The aspects of vocational school as he has used in some of the previous chapters, and the benefits of it over the basic education. He favors the aspects of both, and also shows the problems via lobbyists end to advocate either. But, he des favor the VocEd because of the hand and mind at work within the vocational school. The ensues Rose brings up in this chapter are interesting. I feel the history is a bit to much - explanatory within the chapter, but he does show the economical, social, and racial aspects of education between the vocEd, and the basic education in classes.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Chapter 7 : Rethinking hand and Brain
Chapter seven deals with the hand and brain - on the surgical end with Ron Tompkins. The aspects of education, memory, mentoring, and on field use of learning. Rose uses the surgeon as an example to differentiate the manner of work and education from the higher perspective on the Marxist scale of work, labor, and career. I felt this chapter didn't really work for me perhaps because of the class/career used. I id like the work Rose did w/ Tompkins, and the long term practice surgical work takes along with the education prior to the OR.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Chapter 6: A Welder and a Foreman
Another chapter that Rose has proven to be successful for me. With this chapter I can identify: the time of the economic value of learning a skills and the education it takes to have a long lasting career in contrast to his uncle, Joe who became educated while working for the PRR, in the Navy, and finding security in GM car Co. his experiences made him make decisions to better his future and his family, and to further his knowledge to experiment and become a more efficient and promising employee to the jobs he had over the years.
Lisa (the welder) discovered through her economic stature, and the education she has learned along with the art and love in welding that care, and consideration in her teaching now leads people to a better place in life.
Both People in the chapter share a great deal of themselves, personal, and business related, and within those subjects from the people, Rose give information to the reader, making him/her feel closer to the lives of these hard workers. And he also shows that hard work, education ( on the field or in the class room) is vital to making a promising future to anyone.
Lisa (the welder) discovered through her economic stature, and the education she has learned along with the art and love in welding that care, and consideration in her teaching now leads people to a better place in life.
Both People in the chapter share a great deal of themselves, personal, and business related, and within those subjects from the people, Rose give information to the reader, making him/her feel closer to the lives of these hard workers. And he also shows that hard work, education ( on the field or in the class room) is vital to making a promising future to anyone.
Chapter 5 :Reflective Technique: Electrical wiring and Contruction.
I really enjoyed this Chapter. I think the effect of stressing who one is when they work,and they are outside of the job-place is a great aesthetic to this chapter. I also like the correlation of the Greek writings of the past, and showing the comparisons and contrasts of electric work today. I definitely like the showing and telling of Marcus and who he is both in and out of the work-place, and the care it takes in teaching, and learning, and finding one's own voice in becoming a skilled electrician through hands-on labor, symbolic representation, and conversing in a respectful understanding with peers.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The Mind At work - Chapter 4:The vocabulary of Carpentry
Mike Rose brings us into the world of Carpentry through another classroom: Jerry Devries wood construction class. Rose shows how hand-tool and power-tools are part of the form of carpentry and both are equal into what is needed for a specific project. In this case, Mr. Devries kids are building storage cabinets, secretaries' station, computer tables, etc. for the high school.
Rose brings to light the precision and concentration it takes to prepare and execute a project within carpentry, and the tact used (and acquired by being mentored and repetition) of working with each tool accurately - the tool, the body, the wood, and the mechanics to make a proper cut, proper hammering, proper measurement, and so on. Disciplined perception and taking one's time is how one should work towards starting, working through, and finishing a project within carpentry. One must have experience and over time, have trained senses to know if anything is working correctly, or not.
Rose again gets in-depth with carpentry in this chapter as he did in the first chapter of waitress's. The group wondered why he was so focused on certain chapter as opposed to others. It seems that Rose is writing in the manner that the job calls for: Waitressing has many elements and is fast-paced, but needs small attention to detail, as well as carpentry. The chapters of hair-styling and plumbing seemed to have more a social dynamic to them as well as an understanding to know what a customer wants (hairstyling) or how to trouble-shoot a problem without jumping to assuming what the first problem is and making a mistake through guidance (plumbing). Even-though the group found this interesting we agreed that there is too much dramatics in Rose showing how important the language/ vocabulary of carpentry is because we thought that many jobs have their own language (IE- waitressing and "getting slammed" or going through "the rush", or even a lawyer, doctor, scientist, hair-stylist, etc. all have their own vocabulary). It is these sub-topics that really don't work well within the book in order to give an extra high-light to a certain occupation. If Rose came out with another edition of this book I would hope he would delete about five to ten pages from each chapter (thus far) because the book seems over-written.
Rose brings to light the precision and concentration it takes to prepare and execute a project within carpentry, and the tact used (and acquired by being mentored and repetition) of working with each tool accurately - the tool, the body, the wood, and the mechanics to make a proper cut, proper hammering, proper measurement, and so on. Disciplined perception and taking one's time is how one should work towards starting, working through, and finishing a project within carpentry. One must have experience and over time, have trained senses to know if anything is working correctly, or not.
Rose again gets in-depth with carpentry in this chapter as he did in the first chapter of waitress's. The group wondered why he was so focused on certain chapter as opposed to others. It seems that Rose is writing in the manner that the job calls for: Waitressing has many elements and is fast-paced, but needs small attention to detail, as well as carpentry. The chapters of hair-styling and plumbing seemed to have more a social dynamic to them as well as an understanding to know what a customer wants (hairstyling) or how to trouble-shoot a problem without jumping to assuming what the first problem is and making a mistake through guidance (plumbing). Even-though the group found this interesting we agreed that there is too much dramatics in Rose showing how important the language/ vocabulary of carpentry is because we thought that many jobs have their own language (IE- waitressing and "getting slammed" or going through "the rush", or even a lawyer, doctor, scientist, hair-stylist, etc. all have their own vocabulary). It is these sub-topics that really don't work well within the book in order to give an extra high-light to a certain occupation. If Rose came out with another edition of this book I would hope he would delete about five to ten pages from each chapter (thus far) because the book seems over-written.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Reading Response for Feature Writing - Article - Mrs. Kelly's Monster
In Feature Writing the class read Mrs. Kelly's Monster, a Pulitzer by Jon Franklin, and we asked to answer the folling questions:
What news feature is this?
This Feature has multiple feels of what kind of story it is: A profile of Mrs. Kelly and her Monster (AVM - arterial-venous malformation) and her trying to be ailed by neoro-surgeon, Dr. THomas Barbee Ducker. The story could also be considered a medical story because of the pain and suffering Mrs. Kelly went through since 1942, and the operation that could either kill her or save her. There are also paticipatory elements to this story for the journalist is in the operating room, giving step by step highlights of Mrs. Kely's operation. All in all I would say this piece reigns in the Profile area.
How is the feature structured?
Mrs. Kelly's Monster is mainly structured in a Day-in-the-life format held within dramatic unity. The story starts with Ducker's breakfast, and then to Mrs. Kelly's monster, and her feelings about her procedure. The story is chronological, set up by times (ie- 6:30AM, 7:15 AM, 8:25 AM...). Franklin also uses the element of atmoshere by adding the "pop, pop,pop" sounds, and descriptive wordings such as "tortured path...millimeter leap....electrical bzzzzzzt.... and "a time bomb the size of a pea." these words and phrases capture what it is like doing brain surgery as Franklin is observing the procedure.
What is the story about?
Mainly the story is about Dr. Ducker trying to alleviate Mrs. Kelly's 2 arteries in her brain from exploding so he may be able to untangle a knot of abnormal blood vessals in her brain. Although the story is about Mrs. Kelly, the main focus is about Dr. Ducker and the intense procedure itself. Unfortunately, unforseen happenings arise during the procedure, and...(I don't wat to give away anything if you haven't read it).
Why is this a feature?
This is a feature because it holds to the theme of journalistic writing in the format of there being a voice within the writing bu there is more of a story as opposed to a bias. The piece also brings drama to the reader as well as the feeling of what being a brain surgeon could be like without the all the technical terms.
What news feature is this?
This Feature has multiple feels of what kind of story it is: A profile of Mrs. Kelly and her Monster (AVM - arterial-venous malformation) and her trying to be ailed by neoro-surgeon, Dr. THomas Barbee Ducker. The story could also be considered a medical story because of the pain and suffering Mrs. Kelly went through since 1942, and the operation that could either kill her or save her. There are also paticipatory elements to this story for the journalist is in the operating room, giving step by step highlights of Mrs. Kely's operation. All in all I would say this piece reigns in the Profile area.
How is the feature structured?
Mrs. Kelly's Monster is mainly structured in a Day-in-the-life format held within dramatic unity. The story starts with Ducker's breakfast, and then to Mrs. Kelly's monster, and her feelings about her procedure. The story is chronological, set up by times (ie- 6:30AM, 7:15 AM, 8:25 AM...). Franklin also uses the element of atmoshere by adding the "pop, pop,pop" sounds, and descriptive wordings such as "tortured path...millimeter leap....electrical bzzzzzzt.... and "a time bomb the size of a pea." these words and phrases capture what it is like doing brain surgery as Franklin is observing the procedure.
What is the story about?
Mainly the story is about Dr. Ducker trying to alleviate Mrs. Kelly's 2 arteries in her brain from exploding so he may be able to untangle a knot of abnormal blood vessals in her brain. Although the story is about Mrs. Kelly, the main focus is about Dr. Ducker and the intense procedure itself. Unfortunately, unforseen happenings arise during the procedure, and...(I don't wat to give away anything if you haven't read it).
Why is this a feature?
This is a feature because it holds to the theme of journalistic writing in the format of there being a voice within the writing bu there is more of a story as opposed to a bias. The piece also brings drama to the reader as well as the feeling of what being a brain surgeon could be like without the all the technical terms.
Friday, November 4, 2011
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