"The Men We Carry In Our Minds" Response

I believe that situations like this does happen sometimes, there is an individual

that is very one sided and think about only their hardships and say that possibly

your wrong for something and not all the facts are looked at. I've had an experience

like this before, just being told to my face that I'm wrong about something or I

haven't gone through a difficult experience like they have and they're too closed

minded to listen to my defense and are too stubborn to accept any answer other than

their own and that is very annoying. This main character who has gone through some

many tough experiences when he was younger, I have not experienced many of the

things that he has. I haven't seen people working in fields and breaking back labor.

That's not to say that haven't seen any hard work, only not to that extent. I

haven't really had a conversation like this character has with another person on how

difficult life is for both sexes. I actually haven't really weighed the hardships of

both genders and thought who has it harder either. If I had known how hard people

work labor wise in fields then attended college I may be less naive on how fortunate

I am to be able to make more money in the future with less physical effort. The

character has realized that the way his fellow students were raised determined how

much they really take for granted now, and I've realized this pattern as well. I

can't really blame the people though. They haven't had the same experiences as I

have, so I cant exactly hold them to my standards. The author speaks of welfare and

this triggered in my brain that that is something I have never had to experience,

being very poor and barely being able to make it by. I have always lived somewhat

comfortably, been able to always have gifts for Christmas and Birthdays, so I have

a rather fortunate life style that this main character wouldn't be used to. So I can

only relate to this character on only a few levels.

My Intro & Grubbs Assignment

Introduce yourself by responding to Grubb's argument and by discussing why you are in college. Do you align with the author's thinking? If so, why? Why did you decide to enroll in courses at SFCC? What are your goals while at SFCC? What are your goals after SFCC? How do these goals relate to Grubb's argument?

I do believe that Grubbs is correct in thinking the way he does about this topic. The 5th strand of "New Vocationalism" does include qualities from both strands 1 and 2 along with some from 3 and 4 which makes it a good blend overall. I enrolled in courses at SFCC because it is cheap and my brother came here as well. My goals while I am attending SFCC is to figure which career i want to pursue and get my A.A. degree. After SFCC I would like to either go to EWU, ITT Tech, or begin an apprenticeship program as an electrician. My goal of being an apprentice relates to grubb's arguement because my situation would be very similar to the fourth strand of vocationalism; by me being taken under someone's wing and taught skills I would need for a job.