Wednesday, February 11, 2009

I Just Wanna Be Average, Rose.

I just wanna be average, is a narrative, In which the author incorporates his high school experience to demonstrate high schools effectiveness with struggling students.

In this paper, the author Mike Rose relates his experience through high school, to demonstrate points in regard to high schools effectiveness. Using his characters to paint a picture of the type of atmosphere he experienced throughout high school, and the type of student he was. He makes strong points of his teachers lack of effort or interest within his troubled youth classes, and how they are designed to "occupy or train"  the students to function as desired within society and go nowhere jobs. As he and most class-mates coasted through courses earning C's and F's with out taking much interest. They placed more effort into their image to not care about the system or themselves.
However, he show's that despite appearances they are still quite capable of learning, if only engaged with material they can relate to and captivate their interest. In fact the underlying point it seems he is trying to make, is that the school, or the system has stacked the deck against him in the first place. Developing them for less glamourous roles throughout society.
Its through a teacher who is quite passionate, that Mike Rose finds a renewed interest in himself and his future. A well educated teacher who may not look the part, but has captivated his students with his passion to help them achieve the most out of their education and their time spent at school to achieve more through out this life. Which ultimately asks the question, what is our public schools real purpose if not to focus all there resources to educate americas youth to their full potential?

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