My Opinion about "Doing the dirty work"

I think that time has really changed. People now do different kind of jobs. There is not discrimination as there used to be before.  Women and men work on cleaning houses,hospital, school; moreover, the percentage of women and men doing these kind of job has increased within the years. On the 1900's forty percentage of women work on cleaning and in 2007 it increased to 87 percentage.
I think that cleaning is not a easy job for women either for men because it is a  job that requires a lot of energy. People get tired very fast and stress out. Some of them have to finish their work in certain amout of time which is not easy.
In addition some people who do not work doing the dirty work make think that cleaning is a job only for women and therefore men should not do it. Many people who live here are undocumented and the first job easy to find is cleaning houses. It doesn't require so many documents but it involves all the household duties.

Question after reading "Doing the Dirty Work"

It talks about the nurturant care work. "The association of nurturant care with women is historically contingent rather than inevitable".(113)  Is this the thesis of this article?

No class on Thursday, Nov. 1!!!

Hello English102.0869 and English 102.0850,

Classes are cancelled tomorrow, Thursday, November 1.

See you all on Tuesday, November 6 for the Midterm.

Will update and e-mail you the revised syllabus by the evening of Friday, Nov. 2

Happy Halloween :)

Miss B

Happy Halloween!!!

For those who did not share with me, in GoogleDrive, Part I of Research Paper#1: Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography

The Part 1 of Research Paper #1: Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography was due before midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 23. 
If you have not shared it with me in GoogleDrive by that date, nor by midnight of Thursday, Oct. 25, you have lost 4 points, or 2 points for every class day.

*I'm not penalizing this assignment this week due to the storm- so Tues. Oct. 30 and Thurs. Nov. 1, do not count. If you do not share Part 1 of Research Paper #1: Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography before midnight on Tues. Nov. 6, you will lose another 2 points.

Doing the Dirty Work...

  As I was reading Mignon Duffy's, "Doing the Dirty Work," I was able to relate to how there is a hierarchy for staff in hospital's and nursing homes. I am currently interning at a nursing home and everyday that I am there I see the inequalities that the workers face. Each staff member has their assigned tasks to complete and there is an order to which staff member are assigned to. The people who think they are above other staff members will not help their co-workers complete their tasks if asked because that is not their job or because they're on a higher level. Personally, I think this is a terrible way to treat another person. Everyone needs a helping hand from time to time and we all should there for each other. I do realize that this is not the way the world works and that everyone is out for themselves.
   A janitor is a male cleaner and just listening to the sound of the word it sounds more masculine than the female version of cleaning lady or housekeeper. Both titles include similar chores but are viewed very differently. Visually when I think of a janitor I think of a man sweeping and mopping a school hallway and when I think of a cleaning lady I visualize a lady sweeping and mopping an office building. They are both are the same jobs just different titles.
  What this story and the storm that is brewing outside has got me thinking about is where does a doorman  or doorwoman fit into this domestic labor? They care and attend to the needs of the residents in a building, taking care of your mail, packages, deliveries when you're not home and so forth. They also have demanding jobs that they have to sacrifice their won personal time to be better at their jobs. Especially yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In my building, my doorman was on his shift when they evacuated Zone A in Manhattan, now all the trains, buses, and subways are suspended and he cannot leave his job until someone can come relieve him. This is not his choice and his work is spilling over to his personal time.

Midterm postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 6, and revisions of Paper #1 extended until Nov.6

Hello English 102.0869 and English 102.0850,
Hope all of you are safe and warm at home.

Due to the storm and LAGCC being closed tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct.30, our midterms are postponed to Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Please check you e-mail as I've sent further information relevant to each section, 0869 and 0850, as well as what we will do in class on Thursday, Nov. 1 (do check LAGCC website to see if the college will be open on Thursday and if classes will be in session).

Since the internet may not be too reliable today and tomorrow, and revisions of Paper#1 (only those which received C- or below may revise their papers) which may be submitted via GoogleDrive (WITH APPROPRIATE TITLE: Last Name, First Initial Eng102. Your Section Revision Paper#1) or as hard copy, were due on Tues. Oct. 30, I'll accept these until Tuesday, Nov.6. Remember that in order for me to assess your revisions, you need to submit the original hard copy of Paper#1 with my comments so that I can see what changes you have made. You may submit the hard copy of the original Paper#1 with my comments once school reopens, but you MUST submit the revision of Paper #1 by Nov. 6 (*if school does not reopen by then, share it with me in GoogleDrive)

Hope to see you all on Thursday, Nov. 1
Miss B