Evaluations

  “Why The Rich are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer” does not seem to show any signs of bias. Robert Reich seems to be more academic and about they society. Their really is not any personal experiences in this reading. This is more of an academic article because I noticed while I was previewing this article That Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. His personal background information makes him seem very reliable and trustworthy. He served as a secretary of labor in the first Clinton administration , was a professor at Harvard, and wrote multiple books on economics. Since this article is about economy and the rich and poor it makes sense to trust someone who has studied about economics.
 In “Blue collar Brilliance”, Mike Rose talked about his personal life. He talks about his mother working in a restaurant and his uncle working in a paint and body shop. He explains how they learned a lot through these jobs and didn't have much of an educational background. Rose states, “a significant amount of teaching, often informal and indirect, takes place at work.” The previewing of this article helped me discover he was also a professor at the UCLA graduate school of education and information studies, he is also known for his writing. He takes a different route the. Reich does because his examples are people he knew his whole life and Reich focuses on academic sources.
Although “Why the Rich are getting Richer and the Poor,Poorer” seems to be less bias and show good reliable sources, I I found “Blue Collar Brilliance” to make a better argument. Maybe is was the personal experience that made it easy to relate to, or how easy it was to read. They were both pretty long articles but it was easier to understand “Blue Collar Briliance.” Reich’s article had too much of a variety of words, which is good but not everyone is able to comprehend them as easily as others. I found his article to be a bit boring but that's just my opinion.