Meaningful Reflection

Ashmond Swayne

10/29/13

Mr. dewit 

English 4

Collaborating with a group was awesome, because i was able to express myself in a different way. Are ideas were different; I had to learned how to adapt to this new form of energy being produce by each other.  Learning about mortgage rate in America is important because you have to understand the cost of loans. The good aspects of having 30-year loan is that, you have enough time to pay your debt back.  When having a 15-year loan u don’t have enough time to pay the debt.  Trying to grow in life with debt is overwhelming to know.

Learning about the health care system is important to know right now in because America about 40 million people don’t have medical coverage in to are society.  Force to go an emergency room is challenging for young families in America, unfortunately they have no control of the government.  Having the ability to change country,  in this current situation is possible. We also learned about low-income jobs that are provided in America.  McDonalds is consider a low income manufacturing job, that doesn’t have benefits at all for one of their employee’s. The minimum wage is 8.00 dollars an hour, outside of bills and rent, and food , citizens will be broke.

Has families begin to age will everyone continue to be poor and homeless without help being offer and if so, will change ever come? It is time for change, and to have the opportunity to make an impression to the world is past the level of normal.  Even if life isn’t the best right now we have to remember that someone else in the home, city, world, are suffering worst. The group work not only gave me knowledge about life, but also the economy. 

Poverty in America

In are society today we are faced with an economic problem, were the government has shut down, and a high rate of people are below the poverty line. About 50 million people are below the poverty line, the middle class is now suffering from poverty. Jobs are being lost in United States; right now the economy is in another recession as years begin to pass the trust of the government will decrease, the likely hood of overcoming this submerge situation is challenging.

The race for equal opportunity is at hand, we cannot grow when poverty is standing right in front of us, and “Bill O Reilly” believes that the 9% of Americans that uses substance is at fault for being poor. “The united states has lost a staggering average of 50,000 manufacturing jobs every month since 2001” (186). With so many jobs gone it makes hard to think that success is possible. Lives are at risk in the 21 century, people are doing what needs to be done to put food on the table. Focusing on optimistic energy while there is another mouth to feed besides your own makes life seems impossible, thoughts will occur. That once morale mindset, that was once there has turn to something different.

The government has to be reconstructed for United States to heal it will take much more economic change, it will take anomaly strength to push through this economic cliff. “Over 46 million Americans are now living on food stamps” (188). With that many Americans faced with that overwhelming situation is scary. The poor has no rights in today’s society if you fall from success, you will be put on pedal stool as others who fail before them. The impoverished are more likely to commit crimes then the wealthy because there current predicament.

As we reach are peak of a confused society what is going to change about the government, and will the poor ever get equal rights? If equal rights cannot emerge then people might give up on life. The gravitational pull will be a shockwave across America if the wealthy continue to have insatiability. Poverty is the recession in America because middle class are now barley surviving in this epidemic of poverty.

Poverty will only change in America when the government changes, but the time for action will start in the heart of the Americans and from there it will take political steps to rebuild the nation.   

Manufacturing Jobs In America

      Lowest  Manufacturing Jobs In  America  NBC NEWS

. Food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

Alas, this job category has the not-so-great distinction of being the lowest-wage gig in the country, bringing in a measly $8.71 an hour, or $18,000 annually. Most of these jobs require minimal education and many are part time.

Despite the small paycheck, long hours, and hard work, lots of people hold these jobs. The occupation is now the fourth largest in the country with 2.7 million workers.

This kind of work, which the BLS projects will increase by 10 percent in the next decade, is often seen as a dead-end job. However, if you have plans of one day going into hospitality management, it’s a good idea to spend some time in the trenches, advised Quintessential Careers’ Hansen. But not too long, he added, or you’ll risk being seen as a grunt worker in the eyes of management.

Dishwashers

There are roughly half a million dishwashers in the United States, and they earn about $8.81 an hour.

The state with the most dishwashers is Florida, with 42,000. That state also pays among the lowest hourly wage for the job, $8.62, while Nevada pays the highest at $11.29 an hour.

Training is minimal to nil, but dishwashing jobs are often seen as a stepping stone to jobs as servers in restaurants or other food-service establishments.

When he was 12, Michael Dell — who went on to found Dell Computer — got a job as a dishwasher in a Chine se restaurant and quickly was promoted.

Cashiers

Cashiers can be found everywhere from fast-food shops to clothing stores.

The job is No. 2 on the BLS’s list of biggest occupations with a workforce of about 3.3 million, behind only retail sales people with 4.2 million.

But unfortunately, the pay is crummy. Cashiers make $9.15 an hour, or $19,000 annually; about half of those who work cash registers are part timers.

Even though most cashiers are trained on the job, they typically need some understanding of math, and many employers prefer applicants with high school diplomas, according to the BLS. Background checks are often required for these positions because workers handle money.

The profession has a high turnover rate, and the government expects the outlook for this job category to be good, although it’s expected to grow at only 4 percent in the next decade.

Hosts and hostesses

You may never think to tip your host or hostess when you go out to eat. Well, maybe you should think again.

These jobs bring in $9.23 an hour, compared to $9.80 an hour for waiters and waitresses.

Maybe they don’t do the kind of heavy lifting the wait staff does, but it’s not only about greeting you when you get to the restaurant or lounge door