In “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ Mike Rose tells the story of his high school experience and how his Stanford-Binet IQ test score got mixed up with another guy with the same Sir name; he was subsequently placed on a vocational track; which was the lowest class placement you could be assigned. We hear about a few of the classes he took over the four years‚ English‚ PE‚ Spanish‚ and Voc. Ed. Rose tells us about one teacher in particular‚ Mr. MacFarland‚ his senior year college prep English class‚ and
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often worked or tended to children and household chores. Mike Rose‚ author of I Just Wanna Be Average‚ was born in Los Angeles. He worked as a professor at UCLA and advocated for proper school placement after enduring a rather challenging circumstance while attending school (345). Rose outlines several of issues with the educational system‚ that society still sees today. While students today do not directly have the same issues as Mr. Rose‚ they do experience several other harsh aspects throughout
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In his essay‚ “I Just Wanna Be Average‚” author Mike Rose says‚ “students will float to the mark you set” (164). From my past experiences‚ I completely agree that students will work harder if their teachers set the standards high. Generally‚ teenagers do not have high goals or standards for themselves‚ so it is up to the teachers to encourage and push the students towards success. Throughout his excerpt‚ Rose shows through numerous examples that teachers are a vital part to a student’s success
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In the story‚ "I Just Wanna Be Average" the main character‚ Mike Rose‚ takes us through his years at Mercy High School during the 1960’s and 1970s. Although many people appear in this story‚ the main people are Ted Richard‚ Ken Harvey and Mr. Macfarland. Ted Richards was a bit of a dream‚ turning his back on the real world and just let his mind roam. Ted was always laughing‚ his loud and jolly voice booming out. Even when he’d get angry‚ he’d give a little smile. Ken Harvey became a central figure
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“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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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 can’t quite make it in America’s public schools.The only reason why Rose ended up going to this school because his test scores were mixed with another student’s
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Analysis In this summary I will target the Jr high and high school audience. I feel each of them should hear this because this is the time they are deciding to go or not to go to college. I feel each of them need to feel important at this time because they have low self of esteem and they need to believe they too can do anything they put their minds to. I hope to influence a few of them to go for it become what they want to be not what someone else see for them. I wish this was a book
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If you were Italian and somebody called you a “Wop”‚ what would you do? If it were me I would feel very angry and offended. In the essay “I Just Wanna Be Average” being called a “Wop” or being physically abused happened frequently. Written by Mike Rose‚ he shows us how badly he was treated by his teachers in high school. In the beginning of this essay‚ Rose describes how his teachers treated him in his early years of high school. Rose’s choice of phraseology when characterizing his teachers is
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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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vocational track (Rose 346). Students may also begin to think if the teacher‚ isn’t going to go out of their way to give additional help to the students that need it to 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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