“I Just Wanna Be Average” By: Mike Rose Summary: In the story “I Just Wanna Be Average” the author Mike Rose argues that society very often neglects and doesn’t see the full value and potential of students. As a student you’re not the only that is frustrated. Rose explains how even dealing with the issues and difficulty of a highly respected professor you can still somehow find comfort as a student and learn to deal with the issues of the professor in your own way. Rose also
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“I Just Wanna Be Average" MIKE ROSE Mike Rose is anything but average: he has published poetry‚ scholarly research‚ a textbook‚ and two widely praised books on education in America. A professor in the School of Education at UCLA‚ Rose has won awards from the National Academy of Education‚ the National Council of Teachers of English‚ and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Below you’ll read the story of how this highly successful teacher and writer started high school in the "vocational
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succeed‚ than they shouldn’t bother to study. In the essay “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose‚ he talks about his time spent in the vocational track and how he began to lose interest in all subjects and began to loath
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EDUCATION IN AMERICA I have chosen Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” to discuss as I have felt this way many times over the years whether it was in school or in the work force. In "I Just Wanna Be Average" Mike Rose explains how he was placed in the "vocational education" program while he was in high school by error. He and his parents tried to even fix the situation‚ but it did not work. While in this program he began to learn some dead-end skills from his teachers that were often unprepared
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UCLA and has won many awards for his work. In this selection called “I Just Wanna Be Average” taken from his book Lives on the Boundary‚ Rose offers his experience trudging through the standardized vocational education track. Through his own account‚ the author points out that society and even faculty within these schools label the students as “slow” leaving the students with an objective of wanting to become just average in order to make up for their presumed sense of inadequacy
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The concert I attended was a live band performing for a Valentines dance at our local senior center. (Gem County Senior Center) The concert took place Saturday‚ February 18th from 6-9. The band’s name was “Just For Fun” the type of music that they played was country rock according to the lead singer. There were 4 members of the band 3 men and 1 woman. They all played either the guitar or bass. There was no keyboard or drums. The songs that were played were all cover songs. None of the music I
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“I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose is an excerpt from his book Lives on the Boundary about his time in Our Lady Mercy High School’s education system. He went into Vocational education because of a mix-up in his tests with another student. With this mix-up and teachers who would not put in the effort to help him succeed occurring‚ Rose lost all motivation in studying in his classes. Rose finally found a teacher who cared about his success in school and helped Rose get back into regular college-prep
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can teachers help students discover their deep potential that lies in everyone? One could argue that all teachers have to do is care. There’s a disconnect in the world today between the moderately literate‚ the most literate‚ and those that are just left behind. America’s educational system is deeply flawed and a perfect example is a very eye opening short story called “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose(1989). Mike Rose explains his short stint in the Vocational track ‚ where kids go who
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